I have to say that I’m really surprised by where we landed for our retirement.
What makes it all the more surprising is the fact that it’s not at all where my wife and I planned to be.
The plan was to move south to all the air conditioning and leave any semblance of winter behind. We even upgraded the residential HVAC in our old house and sold it in anticipation of moving south. We rented an apartment for the final year of my career and were ready to go south to the land of the heat pump. Well, we ended up getting the heat pump but it sure wasn’t where we planned on being. Our daughter gave birth to our first grandchild and we decided to move closer to her in the midwest. And with the money we made from selling our house, we chose to build a house. It was something that we had always wanted to do anyway. We are thrilled to be living here and love our new home. We especially love the residential HVAC. Instead of going the traditional route, we chose to go with a geothermal heat pump. It just made so much more sense all the way around. We definitely wanted the heating and cooling in our home to be sustainable. And even though a geo heat pump comes with higher initial costs, it was worth it in the long run. Not only do I love the radiant floor heating but the cost of HVAC is far less with a geo heat pump. So it all turned out really well and we’re happy right where we are.