I will admit that this is more house than I really needed.
It was a great price, so even though it was a lot larger than I had planned for, I could not pass it up.
What could the down side be for having too big of a house, right? We know how bad it sucks to live in a space that is too small, but too large shouldn’t be any sort of problem. Well, it turns out I was mostly right, there aren’t a whole lot of problems that stem from having too much space… except for the utility bills. I need to crack down on my energy saving tip these days, because trying to pay the monthly bills for heating and cooling this place are driving me to the poorhouse! I had an HVAC tech come over and give the place an inspection, and he says that I will need two new systems. I about choked on my tongue when I heard that – two HVAC systems? He explained that the house was so big there were two complete HVAC systems in the house, one for the west wing, one for the east. I would really need to get both of them replaced, and he gave me a price quote of about twenty thousand bucks for everything I would need to get done. I thanked him, and then drove to the closest Walmart and bought a couple of space heaters and a couple of portable air conditioners. Until I win the lottery, I will have to make do with these smaller units of heating and cooling!