If

IF

• The dining room floor weren't at a 33 degree angle,
• The bathroom weren't so small it had a half sized tub,
• The walls weren't barely held up by the hundred year old wallpaper,
• The side of the porch weren't falling off,
• The "well" weren't just a hole in the basement floor,
• The septic didn't need to be replaced,
• The oil tank didn't need replacing either,
• There weren't signs of either rot or infestation

THEN

• That loft space would be amazing,
• The yard would be great for the kids and a garden
• The location would be great, and
• I might even (gasp!) be willing to send the kids to school.

Maybe I'll offer $100,000. The worst (and possibly the best) they can say is no.