Houses

by John Hatch and Tom Hatch

Apologies for my vagueness.

Sometimes I reply whilst driving

and other times I don’t read

all the way through when replying.

On the houses: A couple of weeks ago

I looked at two houses with him (the old man)

One was probably built in the fifties

and had a two story an add-on

The garage was a one car garage

which they made into a pull through

carport with a two car garage built behind it

The two car garage had a room above it

The 2nd floor of the house was an add-on

and the second floor of the garage

were connected with a deck

It was a cool house

He said it had plenty of room

To display all of his displayables

The 2nd house we looked at was built in 1963

It was a one story, but did have a room

added above the garage

It was a nice home with lots of space

and yard and extras.

My suggestion to him was the

1950’s house if it was sound

He made an offer, had it inspected

The inspection showed more stuff

than he wanted to deal with,

and he realized the stairs were

too much for him too. He backed out.

We looked at the 2nd house again today

I looked closer at everything

The roof over the garage had

a bit of a dip too it, but I walk around

on it and even jumped up and down on it

It seems solid. That was the only issue I could see

I have a good friend who is

a contractor who would come

look at it if the old man wanted him to

He just called and told me

he’s probably going to put an offer on it

about $16,000 less than the asking price.

Anyway he might buy this house

might not

I’m not going to push him

but I will look at more houses with him.

He will be 88 this year if this keeps

Him going I'm good with that.