Our house is older but we like it.

It’s one of a kind and has been in our partner’s family for generations.

We were able to buy it from the estate of her late uncle. I guess her family sort of sets it up like that and handicaps the bids by income to keep it fair. The first thing we had to address was the heating and cooling equipment. Her uncle had somehow patched together a sort of quilted mishmash of HVAC. There was an ancient boiler in the basement that cost too much to run enough to absolutely heat the house. So there were also space furnaces scattered around the house. Additionally, there was an entire squadron of window a/c units. It absolutely was bizarre. We started the process by inviting a well qualified and highly proposed HVAC corporation to the house. She gave the place a thorough inspection and laid out our options. The boiler was a non starter. While I appreciate radiant heating, the cost was just nowhere near sustainable. The cost of putting in ductwork, a gas furnace and then central a/c was also prohibitive. This left us with the option of putting in a ductless multi split heating and cooling system. I was a little resistant to this method however the numbers were right and the HVAC corporation assured us we would appreciate this heating and cooling equipment. Well, it’s been numerous years now and that HVAC professional was right on the money about ductless heat pumps. I appreciate the house, the heating and cooling and just am so happy to be able to raise kids here as generations before us have.

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