Well, maybe not forever but more than 30 years and upward of 40 years
We’re not yet retired but we are now for sure starting that chapter. By wife and I are both 59 and we just completed construction on a custom home this past Fall. For sure, this project was one of those things that we had dreamed about since we were first married. And in fact, we spent nearly 3 years of evenings in the air conditioning planning the design. So many of our friends are planning their retirement as we are. But most of them are thinking that it’s off to the air conditioning and the sun of the south. That’s not so appealing to us as we love where we live. In fact, we both picked this region to live in because everything we have a passion for is right here. Of course, we had to upgrade the HVAC equipment in our old place and sell it before we could make this thing come true. So that meant living in an apartment for just over a year while the build was happening. That made me yearn for my own quality heating and air since the HVAC equipment in that apartment was really old and needed to be replaced. The geothermal heat pump that we had installed in our new place will likely be the last one we have to put in. Not only is it super efficient and sustainable, the geo heat pump lasts forever. Well, maybe not forever but more than 30 years and upward of 40 years. That’s pretty remarkable that the HVAC equipment will, in all likelihood, survive my wife and I. All I know is that I’m looking forward to low air conditioning costs this Summer.