Janthos

I started having this issue a little while back, but I had not had USLEEP installed at all. I actually got USLEEP in hopes of helping fix the issue. No luck there, but just making the point that USLEEP didn't seem to affect the issue one way or the other. I tried the new install, but the issue was there still. Just to clarify for people, a lot of us are not new players. We know the steps needed to purchase the houses. Like Whiterun, I have been given the Thane title and told I could buy the house from the Steward ... but there is literally just no existing dialogue option to buy it. It has persisted through multiple new games as well.

You "could" always console command in a piece of gear with the Fortify Enchanting enchantment. I messed around with it the other day. Made a set of gear with Fortify Enchanting and Alchemy on it. Just open the console and type player.enchantobject <armor type ID number> <enchant ID> <enchant ID> . I think that popped out each piece with a 39% bonus to both skills. Not sure how it comes up with the bonus values, I am sure one of the others has much more experience with that part.