My parents are living in this cute condo in the southwest.
After baring the brute force of northern winter weather through the majority of their adult lives, they were eager to find a warmer home. And with interest rates dipping, it has become a buyer’s market for real estate. They only looked for a few months before they found something suitable that fits their expectations and needs. It’s just a two bedroom, two bathroom unit with an attached lanai. The units are attached together in a strip and are all single story with no additional units above. Since they have an end unit, they never hear noise from their neighbors. The view out the back overlooks a lake that is home to many ducks, geese, frogs, and various kinds of fish. As much as they love the new condo, their home inspection revealed quite a bit of nasty microbial buildup in their HVAC duct. Thankfully, since the building was a little over two decades old, it had been built with sturdy metal ductwork that was well insulated during installation. This meant that a qualified heating and cooling ventilation cleaning service could scrub out most of the fungal buildup and suck the spores and dirt away with a special vacuum cleaner attached to the opposite end of their ductwork. A large mechanical brush scrapes away the crud as it moves closer to the vacuum end of the ventilation system, collecting any spores or debris in the process. It’s an interesting procedure to witness and thankfully it yielded positive results with my parents’ respiratory health. The gross odor in their condo was finally gone and the air smelled and felt clean for the first time since moving in.