A Little Epiphany - (and a newbie delurking)

[Dia]

We've discussed a kitchen remodel but there are issues that go beyond his mother potentially disinheriting him, such as:

1) The house dates to the 1800s, and not in a good way. There is no real foundation under most of the house. We're on post and piers.

2) The current kitchen couldn't fit a dishwasher w/o losing cabinet space which there already isn't enough of.

3) Neither the plumbing nor the electrical would be suitable for a dw.

Best case scenario - we are given control of the house either de facto or legal ownership. We do a one-wall remodel, adding a bit of space (not too much), making the space we have work better and adding an in-law unit for FIL. The house is built into a hillside, so an in-law unit could easily go under the current deck and connect to the half-basement.