Private Well -- any advice?

[Jeb Shookman]

I am rehabbing a house with a private well.  When I closed, I knew there were well issues and also knew that connecting to city water was a possibility.  It now seems that connecting to city water will be too expensive (main line is across a busy road).  So on to the well.  On first look, there are two wells, and they don't appear to be hooked up to anything.  Kind of strange.  Perhaps there was an older shallow well, and then the owner had a deeper well dug but never got around to hooking it up?  I can't really find out the owner's plan because this house was foreclosed for years.  

So, I don't really have a question per se, but any thoughts, tips, etc. on this situation would be very much appreciated.  Seems like the best option is to work toward a nicely operating well.  I assume I'd need a good pump, a water softener and a water filter.  Test the water once a year.  Probably ok then?