However, the attorney has a Mustang Cobra convertible & Zeus rides in the passenger seat a full head & shoulders above the windshield, so if he had to brake hard Zeus would be a very large hood ornament.Both often complain about the rearranging of furniture as the dog bounds through the home knocking any obstacles asunder but I assume some form of obedience training will prevail.

If you have to rearrange or add plumbing or electrical, that is expensive.

Stay away from large scale water intrusion issues (roof, siding, or otherwise), major foundation issues, issues with framing, stupid layouts that require rearranging walls, or places that have issues that can't be fixed (location, occupancy/zoning issues that impede your desired use, etc.)

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Everything is a step by step system and there hasn't been any unknown surprise, if anything maybe only some scheduling rearranging, but nothing major like flips.

We would like to see if we can convert it in the following way, and perhaps make it a legal area:1) Remove the current bathroom facilities and turn it into a laundry room with washer and dryer.2) Remove kitchen sink, and rearrange the countertops so it can be used for folding clothes, etc.We would then rent the space as part of our 2nd rental unit, with of course  an increase in rent for the 2nd unit to account for increase square footage and laundry facilities the tenants would receive.  

It will avoid all issues with foundations not meeting code, load points, and re-arranging windows on the first floor and the brick issues that go along with it.We do quite a bit of work on houses like what I expect you're working on.

The roof was only a few years old which was a big plus.We gutted the entire house, tore down multiple interior walls, and rearranged the enclosed garage area to turn the 2/1 in that space into a large master bedroom, bathroom and two large walk in closets.  

-Fix Roof-Renovate and re-arrange walls-Redo Electric panel and seal from moisture buildup-Remove tenant (found out she was section 8 but I got lucky and they already found a place!

He's confident we can make 2 good-sized bedrooms up there by removing the chimney and re-arranging some things.