I know of two older duplexes for sale in Mount Vernon right now, or look in Sedro.There are some great meetups in Bellingham and Marysville, and I love meeting with people in Skagit.

One has a non-functioning wall-mounted gas heater and the other one has an electric baseboard heater.

My husband and I live in Anacortes and invest here and in Mount Vernon.

True office style suspended drop ceilings are tacky and dated, but if you could research a noise isolation product or way to mount ceiling drywall, it may help greatly.

That is about the only other option if a barn door wont work...not recommending it but there are some very pretty curtains and if you mount the hardware extra wide inside the room the tenants can leave it fully open except when company comes.

There are options for those that really don't want panels on the roof though - ground mounted systems and solar patios.

Hearing your story I'm feeling pretty fortunate the only thing I need to relocate is the living room light switch or figure out a way to mount it to the brick chimney.

. $250 for a under-mount sink, another $150 for a faucet, not the best but it works.

(I hear that LVT is all the rage these days, but not sure if there is one that is preferred vs another one like glued vs snap together?)

I am Eddie Aviles from Mount Vernon, WA and I just joined a few few minutes ago.