Today we found out from city hall that we can build as close as five feet from the property line. The property line is basically the fence the put up right in front of what used to be the front door. The distance from the fence to the side of our house is five feet.
Big deal, you might say. What this means, though, is that we can actually add on a third bedroom. We were originally going to put a deck there (and I think it would have been a lovely place for a deck), but a third bedroom will add resale value to our house as well as allow us to live here longer. If we have a bedroom for each kid, there's really no limit to how long we can stay. So, that'd be a pretty nice thing to do. They're going to be pouring foundation on the front lot, anyway- it might not be hard for us to go in on it with the builder, or at least his crew. Who knows. They'll be here already, after all, and there's something to be said for under the table...
At the very least, it gives us something to chew on until it's warm and dry enough to rip off the walls and actually begin the rewiring.
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