[masraum]

Thanks all for all of the advice. The electrician came out this morning and looked at it. He said that the best route would be to move the meter down on the wall so it meets the conduit and then change the conduit between the meter and breaker box to a dog leg. He also said that the meter box looks original and so they would probably replace that because it's not unusual for the places where the power connects to bend due to the house being lifted. He also said that it would entail almost an entire day with no power in the house...

in Houston...

in August.

Oh, hell no.

I thought we could schedule the work after we move out, but before the closing. Previously, I had considered offering an allowance to the buyers so they can get it done, but I've been able to fix 6 or 7 of the things that they wanted fixed and only have 2 or 3 things left. I think we are going to offer them an allowance so they can get the rest done themselves. Honestly, I doubt they'll get any of the stuff fixed because it's all pretty minor. I would assume the biggest possibility for issues from this particular item is that lizards or something could crawl up inside the meter. I've seen them inside the breaker box over the years, so they could probably already get into the meter.