Owning your own home is great; it gives you the flexibility to make any changes you want — as long as you can afford them, of course.
But once in a while something you want gets bumped down on the to-do list by something you need. Case in point: instead of my 60-plus-year-old home getting siding this year, a more important — and very timely — issue has come up: the furnace.
After hiring a highly rated heating and A/C company that I found on Angie’s List, I learned that my nearly 20-year-old furnace was, according to the serviceman, “on its last legs.” I’m typically not a gambling man, and the thought of my furnace going caput as the harsh Indiana winter approaches sends chills down my spine.
So, I guess I have little choice but to buy myself a nice new furnace — and just in time for the holidays. That is, unless I wait to see if Santa puts enough coal in my stocking on Christmas morning to help heat my house.
John, we had a 20-year-old furnace die on one of the coldest days of winter a few years ago. Reluctantly, we spent (or rather went in debt for) thousands of dollars to get a new high-efficiency version that actually worked. The installers had to come out in half a foot of snow, but once the thing was up and running in a few hours, we were glad we had the List to find a good company to help us! Not only that, our heating bills decreased in half from what they had been! So it’s not all bad news when you hear your heat’s gonna die.