California

It was a run-down mess that had to be fumigated and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned 22 years ago. No one had lived in this house for two years. It stood empty with no buyers in site.

After it was painted inside and out and new carpets put down, we moved in.

Its has a 30-year roof on it now and the kitchen was remodeled as well with Pergo flooring in it that matches the new cabinets.

Today, if you believe Zillow, it is worth over $400,000.00+. Thanks to proposition 13, the taxes on it are low and I am able to stay here.

It is a small 2-bedroom house that is larger than a 2-bedroom apartment. It is also energy efficient and my PG&E bill was $17.56 last month thanks to the Climate Credit given out two months ago.

I'm not going anywhere much to my neighbor's dismay. They want me to sell and move. They can f/u as far as I'm concerned as I really am limited as to where I can live due to the temperature-related disability that I have and the fact that I am low/fixed income.

I have a local bonded landscape company that comes twice a month that maintains the large 6,000 sq. foot fenced lot it is on for $120 a month or less.

Its in a lovely part of California on the coast when the redwoods stand tall.