Pricing

Our next step is to price the home improvements necessary.  That has turned out to be quite the undertaking.  As of right now, here's where we're at in the process:

• Driveway- received an estimate, however cannot verify with the Village of Roselle that expanding the driveway by another lane is within code.  We need a plat of survey to sketch out a draft and submit to the Village, and cannot find that piece of paper!  Argh!!  Mom is going to order a copy from the mortgage company.  Hopefully they can provide it.
• Fence- received a RIDICULOUSLY expensive bid.  Rethought what type of fence we'd like, but even chain link is expensive.  Unfortunately, since we started this process, Meri's dog Wrigley was diagnosed with Lymphoma and probably only has about a month to live.  We are putting this one on hold for now since there's so many what ifs...
• Basement Remodel- we are blessed to have a close friend of Mom & Dad's in the remodeling business.  He came over and looked at everything we'd like to do and thinks it's very feasible.  He is currently sketching up a few options for us.  My family is visiting Oct 5-9 and we will meet with him then to review the options.  He also referred us to a plumber who came by today.  He seemed very reasonable and said the bathroom is very doable.  He's going to work on a quote this week and get it to Mom by early next week.

I'm SO glad we have 8 months before all of this needs to be figured out!  We plan to get all the pricing and then make a priority list.  Not all of these have to be done immediately once we move.