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vicarzLast night I had nightmares about houses I could have purchased but did not. I think they were all dream houses though - like the one beside Nation with the club still up and running (though I recall the bathrooms in Nation, which I was in for some reason, were disgusting, and I thought since they're closing I could understand not keeping them up). Somehow I knew the future but while I was in the past it wasn't a time travel dream. But I was showing a friend a home I didn't buy, and there was a giant party in the place (probably hipsters, definitely young 20s) raging. While that made it easy to get in, seeing the giant open shower in the middle of the bedroom, or the glass-doored room overlooking the street, all made me sad I hadn't bought the place for a steal because it was such a bad neighborhood. Someone tried to rob me on the way in though, so it was still "transitional."
Dreams are stupid, but this had an obvious theme.
Sometimes I forget I'm supposed to be living somewhere else. Meridian Pint advertised brunch specials if the government closed, it did and they did (have them). That could be my life but it is not.
Instead I haven't heard from my contractor, and I didn't mention some time ago he sent a borderline nasty email that he hadn't budgeted for same-day responses to emails...seems odd as I haven't sent him more than an email every other week, I don't fuss when he doesn't reply, and the dude walks around with an iphone and bluetooth on. I've talked to my guy about it, and am in a holding pattern for now. At least I may be able to move furniture somewhat when and if there is a move-in date?
HVAC, no really I'm going to talk about it.
So with the below zero cold snap air imported from Siberia, I've been reminded my heat pump needs replacing. Some time ago the a/c worked terribly, and I realized the heater coils were coming on. The tech took forever to diagnose it, but found the issue - cable installers had punctured a hvac wire group which resulted in the heater coils engaging when the a/c solenoid triggered. Now the "aux heat" barely works, and a heat pump isn't terribly efficient under 30...so if I lower the temperature, the hvac can't get the temp back up. It gets into a loop - the aux heater coils engage, but this seems to shut down the heat pump, but the heater coils are mostly dead and the result is spinning air of at or about room temperature. As long as the thing thinks aux heat is on, nothing much happens. If, however, I make it think the temp is mostly reached, it will engage the heat pump and maintain temp. So I can keep the place at 70, but if I lower it to 67 then 67 it will be...if I try to raise the heat from 67 to 70, it will fall to 66, 65...it gets ugly. Luckily I have learned to supplement with a portable heater.
That leave me 2 issues, 1) I am so fucking looking forward to moving into my home with the new insulation as this old condo has no insulation in the walls or ceiling at all, and 2) I'd like to replace the heat pump (and remodel the bathroom, install new windows) before I rent the place out, but due to tax lack-of-benefit, those repairs might not be recoverable...while if I wait to rent out, those are in some cases repairs which come off income dollar-for-dollar, others are at least improvements that can be depreciated. I'd rather have a maintenance free place to rent out, but I'm crazy enough to tell renters about the issues and set up a repair while they live there (like if they go on travel).
But an insulated home - the very idea is exciting to me. That's the kind of dull I am.
Dreams are stupid, but this had an obvious theme.
Sometimes I forget I'm supposed to be living somewhere else. Meridian Pint advertised brunch specials if the government closed, it did and they did (have them). That could be my life but it is not.
Instead I haven't heard from my contractor, and I didn't mention some time ago he sent a borderline nasty email that he hadn't budgeted for same-day responses to emails...seems odd as I haven't sent him more than an email every other week, I don't fuss when he doesn't reply, and the dude walks around with an iphone and bluetooth on. I've talked to my guy about it, and am in a holding pattern for now. At least I may be able to move furniture somewhat when and if there is a move-in date?
HVAC, no really I'm going to talk about it.
So with the below zero cold snap air imported from Siberia, I've been reminded my heat pump needs replacing. Some time ago the a/c worked terribly, and I realized the heater coils were coming on. The tech took forever to diagnose it, but found the issue - cable installers had punctured a hvac wire group which resulted in the heater coils engaging when the a/c solenoid triggered. Now the "aux heat" barely works, and a heat pump isn't terribly efficient under 30...so if I lower the temperature, the hvac can't get the temp back up. It gets into a loop - the aux heater coils engage, but this seems to shut down the heat pump, but the heater coils are mostly dead and the result is spinning air of at or about room temperature. As long as the thing thinks aux heat is on, nothing much happens. If, however, I make it think the temp is mostly reached, it will engage the heat pump and maintain temp. So I can keep the place at 70, but if I lower it to 67 then 67 it will be...if I try to raise the heat from 67 to 70, it will fall to 66, 65...it gets ugly. Luckily I have learned to supplement with a portable heater.
That leave me 2 issues, 1) I am so fucking looking forward to moving into my home with the new insulation as this old condo has no insulation in the walls or ceiling at all, and 2) I'd like to replace the heat pump (and remodel the bathroom, install new windows) before I rent the place out, but due to tax lack-of-benefit, those repairs might not be recoverable...while if I wait to rent out, those are in some cases repairs which come off income dollar-for-dollar, others are at least improvements that can be depreciated. I'd rather have a maintenance free place to rent out, but I'm crazy enough to tell renters about the issues and set up a repair while they live there (like if they go on travel).
But an insulated home - the very idea is exciting to me. That's the kind of dull I am.
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Date: 2015-02-20 11:42 pm (UTC)Oh. Oh my. On mymymymy. You're a better man than I, Gunga Din. After what's gone before on this job, I would be betraying myself right down to my genetics if I let an opening like that pass by.
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