Crawlspace (Part 1)

Published: March 9, 2020, 4:09 a.m.

b'Writer Karen Hines dreams of homeownership so when she discovers a lemon yellow coach house advertised as a \\u201ccondo alternative,\\u201d she decides to invest her life savings. She adores the granite countertop and the walk-in closet and its lack of basement. But on move-in day, she sits on the window sill and it crumbles beneath her. She soon learns that she hasn\\u2019t bought a coach house. She\\u2019s just sunk everything she owns into a glorified car garage.'