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.