The two of us were able to afford a home situated right along the lake because it had been left vacant for quite a few years.
The previous owners had started and failed to finish several improvement projects. One of the bathrooms was completely torn out. The living room was missing a floor. Some of the windows were boarded up. Every appliance was severely outdated. The plumbing was corroded and leaking. My hubby and I are especially handy and love tackling large projects. The two of us were certainly relieved the electrical plan was up to code and the heating/cooling plan proved functional. The home is equipped with a packaged unit that is situated outside and provides both heating and cooling capability. It sends the conditioned air through air duct that runs inside the attic and delivers comfort by way of supply and return vents cut into the ceilings. The unit is enormous and unbeautiful. It’s rusted and certainly noisy. It frequently startles me when it starts up. The two of us expected to need to update it within the year. We’ve now lived in the home for nearly several years and the plan continues to operate. It definitely handles the extreme summer time heat and humidity. It struggles a bit in the winter. Fortunately, the temperature in our local area rarely drops below 40 degrees. On the coldest days, the plan sometimes freezes over. We’ve purchased a portable electric furnace to supplement. We’ve only had a single concern with the unit so far. I noticed warm air coming from the vents when it was set to cooling mode. I called for repairs, fully expecting to update the whole system. The worker found a small refrigerant leak. He told us the plan is too outdated to find updatement parts. He refilled and recharged the refrigerant and said to hope for the best. So far, that solution is holding up just fine.