It has to wick through those cracks and sit underneath where NOTHING can clean it.

This will probably work better than a morticed hinge with those thinner old fashioned doors.Put up trim cove or quarter round to cover the gap between the wall and fridge bridge cabinet.If you are going to keep the undersized fridge, glue on a straight valance to make the fridge bridge the same size as the cabinet next to it and push the fridge over next to the sink base.Replace the too short board on the cabinets underneath the gas cooktop with a board the same thickness and width as the two cabinet doors (again the rustoleum finish kit will blend it in) 

When the jobless rate sinks back below 5%, the stock market improves (Opps it has) and is stable, and all the foreclosure inventory is obsorbed (but by whom will it be obsorbed Americans or foriegn countries - I wouder how much oil money owns American soil now) then recovery will start.You must also reaIize that this started because of all the ARMs adjusting in 2005 now those were the 3/1 ARMs, then in 2007 we had the 5/1 ARMs adjust and lots of unemployment, well the 7/1 ARMs adjusted in 2009, but my friends if you add the last 7/1 ARMs written in 2004 that would mean that 2011 has to close out the ride.

There are wells that run underneath our development.

You will need a geologist to do a soils test, a surveyor (depending your city you might be able to do a basic topography survey with boundaries or might have to do an ALTA survey) and maybe a civil engineer to do the grading/erosion control plans.

we have always had foundation issues here do to unstable soil so this  is not really anything new in my opinion. 

There are a whole host of factors that go into the determination of whether a particular piece of land is good to build on, including existing zoning and land use designation in any master plan, restrictive covenants of record, potential for rezoning and use, access (including curb-cut), slope, soils, drainage, flood risk, historical use (pristine or a dump or former manufacturing site), and availability of services (water, sewer, power, telephone, cable, internet, garbage, etc.)   

Public hearing soon, then use permit, then hire/pay more consultants (soils, structural, etc), then apply for building permit.  

If your panel is inside the garage, you can add a 240V outlet underneath the panel if there's room and at a minimum it should cost $350 and I had people quoted me for $500.

Ripping up the old gross carpet unveiled nice hardwood floor underneath.