I’ve never been a position in which I was able to even dream about living in a real house as an adult.
I’ve been scraping by, making enough money to pay off my student loans and barely supporting myself since I moved out of my mom’s house, and there were no options for me beyond cheap apartment rentals.
That’s why it’s been such a new experience to learn about HVAC units in the first house I’ve ever called my own. I got lucky, and my husband and I were able to find a home within our budget recently. Everything seemed to be up to code, except we realized that the HVAC unit was getting pretty old and would need repair soon. As such, we’ve been trying to save up our money for the pending heating and cooling overhaul, and in the meantime we have been trying to use our heating and cooling devices as little as possible. We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have a house with several levels, therefore providing a vast array of temperatures naturally, without HVAC intervention of any sort. We’ve been trying to capitalize on this characteristic by spending as much time in the lower level of the house as possible, and it’s working out well on all fronts. Instead of using our AC, we simply camp out in the basement and enjoy the inherently cooler air temperatures that it provides, saving us wear and tear on our cooling unit and energy bills each month. We’ll have money for that new HVAC in no time at all!