Living in America

Thankfully Laura and I checked out a house across the street with Chris the Realtor on Saturday. I should explain...

A house across the street (1835 North Capitol Street) recently went on the market for $450K. We aren't looking to move, but simply wanted to see the house and track it...and perhaps understand what our house USED to look like. This way we can gauge the current market value of our house.

The house was very well maintained and had many of the old fixtures/fittings that ours lacks. However, the kitchen was smaller, there was no form of A/C, the basement had yet to be worked on (or so we assume from what the top stairs showed us), and all of the radiators were still in place (this probably means that the heating hasn't been updated). From what we could gather, the plumbing WAS updated, as was the electricity, or at least parts of the electricity.

Either way, none of that really matters. What does matter is that Chris the Realtor provided us with contact information for his go to HVAC guy, Dale. Dale the HVACer was able to stop by on Sunday and I was able to see the inner workings of our furnace. Watching him run through checks of the heating circuit and listening to explanations of how the system works was actually great. I don't understand these things, and while I will likely never perform any of the furnace work myself, it's nice to know why, and how, the work is being done. Thankfully, when all was said and done, we had a problem with a switch in the furnace rather than the circuit board.

Dale came by yesterday with a replacement switch and serviced the furnace while he was there. All in all it only took about two hours and everything looks, and feels, good. The whole thing cost just shy of $300. A small price to pay to no longer wear onsey pajamas all over the house.