Househunting...

"Who decided that we all want shiplap in our houses?"

"Right? Like I totally blame HGTV for this crap."

"It's just basically wood paneling in strips. We should have left it in the 70s and never looked back."

"But the price is pretty decent and the rest of the upgrades aren't terrible. A little taste challenged in some of them, but nothing that we couldn't live with for at least a little bit."

"And we did see that one place where they had painted the shiplap and it didn't look too terrible."

"Really?"

"Okay, yeah, it looked terrible. But it might be a quick fix for at least a little while before we tear it down."

They had looked at so many houses by this point. The market was crazy and people were asking way too much for places that needed completely gutted. To find someplace that only need a few things done seemed like rare luck. 

She might not like the taste of the temporary owners very much but comparing to the last few flipped houses they saw it was great. 

Why did people think they could do the work themselves just because they had sort of watched one YouTube video? There were houses with crown molding that didn't meet in the corners. Houses where the fixtures in the bathroom and kitchen hadn't been matched to the openings so there were gaps in the counter. Floors that were laid unevenly. Carpets in bathrooms. Orange and green walls. Together. In one room. 

What's a little shiplap compared to that?

"So should we bite?"

"I'm thinking yes. I mean, it's an 'as is' so we do want to get all of the inspections we can get. Maybe we can negotiate a lower earnest money piece since there is a bit of a risk?"

"We can always ask right? But I think this might be it. Good price, good location. Get rid of this..." she knocked on the wall, "and it..." the knock from inside the wall stopped her.

"What the fuck was that?"

She knocked again.

And there was another answering knock back.

"Onward to the next house?" he asked as he was backing out of the room.

She was already at the front door, "Yes, yes I think so!"