We had just moved into a beautiful and lush neighborhood.
The house was huge, with seven bedrooms with seven and a half bathrooms.
The neighbors seemed very lovely. The first night our next-door neighbor brought us some delicious pies. All the neighbors were very friendly to us, and the children also got along with the neighborhood children. The house had a functional electric heat pump when we first moved in. The realtor mentioned that the system was six years old. She also showed us a sheet indicating the furnace/heater repairs and HVAC maintenance the HVAC system had undergone over the last six years. A few weeks into the house, we noticed that the furnace could have been more efficient because of the house size. The rooms upstairs always seemed to be slightly colder than the rest of the house. We sort advice from the HVAC company downtown for a good heating and air conditioning system to meet our needs. With the extensive growth of heating technology, we would have a very efficient unit, the heated floors. The outdated dial thermostat also had to go, so we upgraded to an intelligent regulator. The HVAC technician told us they would use the same HVAC equipment we had; the only difference was the mechanism they used to help with indoor comfort. That meant the whole exercise would cost much less than purchasing a new quality heating device. Furnace filter replacement and heat pump service would continue with their usual schedule. The HVAC repairman taught us more about heating so that we could manage simple a/c care. It was the first of the many adventures that we would have in our new home.