Well...
The inspection of our potential new house on Long Island revealed that the house has no central air-conditioning.
Does it seem odd that we didn't notice that little fact? We, um, didn't notice when we were looking at the house, probably because it was --hello--SNOWING outside and probably because we're from Central Texas where you need air-conditioning nine months out of the year continuously and the other three months sporadically. Right now? On December 5th? It's 79 degrees here and you just would be astounded at how beautiful it is.
The problem is that I'm not sure I can live without air-conditioning because I seem to be stuck in one long (42 years now and counting) hot flash. Heat Intolerance R Us.
So, I don't know what to do now.
On one hand, it would be different if we weren't already spending so incredibly much money. I mean, you expect to do SOME upgrading when you move into a house that is 50 years old. It's just that when you're spending the amount equivalent to the entire budget of a third world country, you just expect not to have to do a whole lot.
On the other hand, as I am overrun with workers this week painting and power-washing and caulking and taping and floating, it's not as expensive as I would have thought. Like, we have these horrible shutters on our house. They have HEARTS cut into them, which is so cute, it might make you throw up. Coop and I have wanted to replace them for the entire 7.5 years we've lived here. We hates them, my precious. So, our Realtor here noticed they were rotting and told us to replace them. I ordered the new ones today; it was less than $350. We've lived with those shutters which look like they belong on the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs for more than seven years and all this time we could have replaced them for less than $350.
(The funny thing is that we aren't the only ones who hated those hearts and then didn't replace the shutters. Someone apparently tried to make the cut out hearts less noticeable. Here are the shutters, which were taken off my house today.
And then here is the house minus the shutters...
Hm, now where could those hearts have been?)
On the other hand (well, maybe SOMEONE has three hands) --that's what things cost HERE, right? In the same place where our house today costs less than half of what it would cost on Long Island.
It's looking pretty good to me right now, too.
Does it seem odd that we didn't notice that little fact? We, um, didn't notice when we were looking at the house, probably because it was --hello--SNOWING outside and probably because we're from Central Texas where you need air-conditioning nine months out of the year continuously and the other three months sporadically. Right now? On December 5th? It's 79 degrees here and you just would be astounded at how beautiful it is.
The problem is that I'm not sure I can live without air-conditioning because I seem to be stuck in one long (42 years now and counting) hot flash. Heat Intolerance R Us.
So, I don't know what to do now.
On one hand, it would be different if we weren't already spending so incredibly much money. I mean, you expect to do SOME upgrading when you move into a house that is 50 years old. It's just that when you're spending the amount equivalent to the entire budget of a third world country, you just expect not to have to do a whole lot.
On the other hand, as I am overrun with workers this week painting and power-washing and caulking and taping and floating, it's not as expensive as I would have thought. Like, we have these horrible shutters on our house. They have HEARTS cut into them, which is so cute, it might make you throw up. Coop and I have wanted to replace them for the entire 7.5 years we've lived here. We hates them, my precious. So, our Realtor here noticed they were rotting and told us to replace them. I ordered the new ones today; it was less than $350. We've lived with those shutters which look like they belong on the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs for more than seven years and all this time we could have replaced them for less than $350.
(The funny thing is that we aren't the only ones who hated those hearts and then didn't replace the shutters. Someone apparently tried to make the cut out hearts less noticeable. Here are the shutters, which were taken off my house today.
And then here is the house minus the shutters...
Hm, now where could those hearts have been?)
On the other hand (well, maybe SOMEONE has three hands) --that's what things cost HERE, right? In the same place where our house today costs less than half of what it would cost on Long Island.
It's looking pretty good to me right now, too.
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No air conditioning? Egads! You know, everytime we move I think, why did we wait so long to paint, or to replace the carpet or whatever. It makes no sense. But we do it every time.
Now I'm beginning to miss the north. What sort of heating system does the house have? Radiator or forced air? That's what you should be worrying about. Radiators rock!
(By the way, that gazebo is lovely!)
I may not be popular with the gang for saying this, but hey, you know what you want and need so ask for it. If you can't get it, then look further. Or tell Eiball to shut up and she will.
You could always hole up in that basement getaway during the hot days, I suppose.