12:55 Early Thursday Afternoon (3 October 2013)

Breaking Bad

Monday we got a letter from a real estate agent in charge of selling the house 3 doors up the street from us saying that the house tested positive for meth. But not any freaking details like, was it a full on meth lab that needs EPA Hazmat decontamination? Or do the walls just need to be redone because the occupants used meth but didn't make it?? It's kind of scary because meth labs are so dangerous and pollute the air and soil of the immediate environment. The people immediately next door to them have a few very young children so I'd be super duper worried if I were them.

I might call the agent and ask if he knows any more details...like if he thinks it will affect the home values for the rest of the street (or if just the looks of the abandoned house are doing that anyway).

I always just thought the people who lived there were trashy and didn't care about the property (which is a shame, because the people who lived there when we first moved into the neighborhood had the most beautiful garden and now it's gone to shit).

On the other hand, the property is about 2x the size of ours and is listed for less than what we paid for our house. It's a short sale at the moment and has not gone into foreclosure, but the occupants have been gone for months. Maybe we should buy it and invest the money into gutting the home and decontaminating it to flip it...
or not.

We're probably moving in January or February anyway and it will be challenge enough to pack our shit with a newborn let alone all of the hoopla of, you know, hazardous waste operations. But it's interesting to consider. And bizarre, because who knew there was a possible meth lab operation 50 feet away from where I sleep at night. Caleb was so unsurprised when he found out that I wonder if he suspected all along.

Anyway that's our neighbourhood drama for the week. The smug side of me wants to say "ha" to the neighbours because we are not the trashiest house on the block now, eh heh heh.