So, as many of you know, we bought our house at auction, and when buying a house at auction, you need to have a certain amount of trust with the current owners. There is not time to, say, turn on the furnace to make sure it works ......... so when the sellers tell you - "oh it works great, we just put a new jacket in how ever many years ago, etc, etc" - They are stinking LIARS!
We looked at the furnace, we knew it is older than either of us - or potentially both of us combined - but we figure, if the sellers say it works, it should get us through one Winter until we can replace it. NOPE, can't get us through one Winter, in fact it can not get us through one day, because it has been turned off and they, the TSSA inspector, says it is way to unsafe for him to turn back on - AND they (the manufacturer at this point) stopped making parts for it in the 70's (before I was born!) .
So, we get a few quotes on different systems and figure we are going to have to swallow this MASSIVE purchase! The funny thing is this; knowing that the furnace was broken would not have stopped us from purchasing the house, nor would it have really lowered our price - because honestly, the relic that is in the basement was not worth a penny anyhow ..... the FULL tank of oil is worth something, which we paid for!!!! It would have been a courtesy to tell us about the furnace in the Summer when the heating guys weren't as busy (and weren't charging as much) - rather than letting us assume (based on your "word") that when it got cold and we needed heat, we find out it doesn't work and the heating guys have us by the knockers ...... uugghhh!
I have lost all trust in people - especially people that have hospital beds in their attics and wear shower shoes in their own shower ...... those people, not to be trusted!!!
Take note! not-to-be-trusted!
S
