> Also, assuming that the lower home value came true It did, the estate paid off the cost of the contract. > the original purchaser of the solar installation

> Also, assuming that the lower home value came true It did, the estate paid off the cost of the contract. > the original purchaser of the solar installation did put his money where his mouth is He did not. He was dead, as you've noted, and the inheritors of his estate paid that price instead.