My husband and I are looking to take out a small “lip” of a wall and aren’t sure if we can do so. Let me post a picture:

Also, I don’t think we can take out what I labelled as “possibly this” because I think it’s a beam, but I’m not sure. If we can, I’d like to.

As for what’s in the basement underneath, here is a picture that faces the same way:

And this is what is in the attic, looking West (I marked N, S, E, W in the first picture):

We are trying to get someone to come in, but it might take some time. I thought I would try and find some concrete answers on here so we can get in and get the work done.