Buy a House on the Right Side of the Street

At the neighborhood block watch party, THE hot topic was of course our house upgrades - when you've got the big trucks outside, Neighbors Notice.

When talking to our neighbors about our new gas line, we learned something interesting - the gas line runs on the west side of the street. So it was Practically Free for our installation, but Prohibitively Expensive for those neighbors on the east side of the street. Had we actually purchased the original wreck under consideration, we would have been out of luck.

Note to self - when buying a house with oil heat, it's well to check on gas availability first by simply calling PSE. We got lucky for a change.