All those nightmare stories I heard from friends about building a house were true, and then some.
My wife and I honestly thought that we could spend enough time preparing for this home build that there wouldn’t be many surprises. That’s not at all how it worked out. Oh for sure, we definitely put in the time as far as the planning went. There were many long nights under the air conditioning vent with the laptop at the kitchen table going over and over the design. And we spent months carefully interviewing and vetting the contractor. Plus, we even upgraded the HVAC equipment in the family home and sold it prior to breaking ground. We didn’t want anything to be in our way. That meant that we would be living in an apartment with less than adequate heating and cooling equipment for the better part of a year. With all of those efforts, we still ran into all sorts of surprises when it came to building our home. The contractor wasn’t there nearly as much as he said he would be and we finally had to step in with some of the subs. Thankfully though, we found a wonderful HVAC contractor who did an excellent job on our heating and cooling. We didn’t have to worry about him for a minute. His expertise, professionalism and organization were readily apparent as soon as he started with us. And now, we are experiencing the best quality heating and air we could have ever even dreamed of.