I personally think that’s really bad idea and a rather cruel punishment to subject Chris and Eddie (and Buck as well!) to.

Because that house is actually cursed and doesn’t really have that many great memories/ scenes attached to it.

Bucks loft is actually a far more positive place than the diaz house is.

Think about it - the only negatives the loft has got attached to it is the Tommy break up, Taylor living there (although I would argue that not pall of that was bad - it taught Buck a lot and got him to break off a bad relationship) the sperm donor baby (I guess if you want to view it as a negative - im kinda on the fence with it tbh as I think buck still views it as a good thing he did!) and technically an association with bucks death as part of his coma dream took place there (but again that was a positive part of his coma dream).

There are a huge number of positive and important developments attached to the loft - that far outweigh the negatives - it’s the place Chris views as a safe space - he ran there to Buck and has spent a lot of time 1:1 with Buck and a lot of them Buckley-Diaz family unit development has been in the loft - including post tsunami. It’s where most of the big buck and Eddie conversations have happened. It’s where buck figured out he was bi.

Meanwhile the diaz house is very much connected to Eddie’s breakdown, Shannon reappearing and then leaving and dying, her ghost is ever present in the house. It’s connected to Kim and that is the biggest tarnishing factor for Chris - why would he ever want to return to a house that made him think his mom was alive again and broke the comfort and safety he felt in that space? Not to mention the Ana of it all and the moving Marisol in and out, and then there’s Eddie’s breakdown and the shooting is connected to that house because Chris had to deal with his dad not coming home that night, he also had to stay there without his dad during lockdown. The moments of joy or positivity in the house are far rarer and smaller when they have happened - small family building moments like buck and Chris playing computer games or doing homework etc.

So why would we want the Diaz boys to return to that house? Why would we want Buck to move in there? I personally am of the opinion that the loft is a good landing place for their return because it’s been a safe space for both Chris and Eddie, with a view to them finding a new house - one where they can all start a fresh and build a new life without any of the baggage of the Diaz house and with the proper space for a family to build a life together in (because the loft is not that - not by a long way - but it is good to be a temporary return spot!).

There was no art on this wall before - as we can see in 705

its an interesting piece because it looks to be an artists 1/5th scale posable figure, in front of either water or static (I prefer water, but static is entirely plausible!). Water theming around Buck has always been at thing (and around buddie more widely for that matter!) and thats making me think a lot of thoughts.

But the concept of positioning and poses and proportions - because there’s something about painting a 1/5th scale posable figure and having it as the finished piece of art. The figures are meant to help artists with drawing, its a reference item, and points to the beginnings of a painting rather than a complete picture - its the thing you use to create the base markings for your final piece, its not usually the final piece.

So using it here is maybe a reference to Buck and his bi identity being at the beginning stages and that it will look vastly different by the ‘end’ of his journey - and so we might see the art change over the season as things happen to him and he grows and develops. It possibly being tied into the water theme as well is interesting - the idea that water washes away and renews, but can be destructive in the process. It could be a play on the idea that old Buck is being washed away and new Buck is still a work in progress - he's still figuring himself out and forming the full picture.

It looks to me (through the stairs and behind the weights) like it’s the same couch his mother brought him which has me thinking a lot of thoughts

Because if that is in fact the same couch - why isn’t he changed it? I need the backstory on what happened to buying a couch with Natalia (my headcanon remains valid at this point) is he just waiting for delivery of a new couch and for the old one to be taken away?!!