No Combo for Now

I checked into what it would take to combine the lot on which Fernley House sits with the newly-purchased adjacent lot. It turns out to be a lot more expensive than I expected: $2400 for the application fee, and it requires that the land be "reverted to acreage" and then re-divided. Besides, as the lot secures the loan we took out to purchase it, I expect that we can't — or at least shouldn't — fiddle with the boundary lines until we've paid off the loan.