Thanks, guys. Tim, the place is in Sultan, so only about 20+ miles from Everett. I haven't moved far. Coming up on the end of my 12 month apartment lease, so I really and truly left it to the last possible minute!

Offer was countered and I accepted the new terms - now the only possible thing standing in the way is if the assessed value comes in low (as happened with my last house on Whidbey). Hopefully it will not come to that.

Bonus room will be my bike room - plus the garage has lots of bike-space, too.

Grady: Yeah, I get that - I've pretty much completed my bike-culling "first phase". Between the recent Bike Swap and the sale of the Masi (Bob Freeman is the new owner), I'm down to 9 complete bikes and the small '73 Colnago Super frame currently in bare metal. Perfectly manageable now that I have the extra room.

dddd: Wish I'd had options such as buying a short sale or similar, but using my VA loan limited my looking. They're pretty strict about what they'll lend on. Love your bike-dungeon

DD