After our father passed away, our mother is trying to restructure his life to not only cope with the loss, however also get herself in a situation financially where he can take care of herself.
- This means selling the cabin he owned with our father and a number of other possessions to downsize enough to fit in a condominium somewhere.
However, our mom naturally had a few things he wanted regardless of where he ended up in the long run. A gas stove and oven were mandatory, even if it required adding the 2 after moving in. Since a gas line hookup isn’t a mere trivial expense, the people I was with and I made sure to put it towards the top of his list of requirements. She also wanted to be on the first or minute floor in the event of a power outage making an elevator inactive during an emergency situation. But a single different demand on his list was a fireplace. It’s not exactly the easiest thing in the world to find a condominium with a fireplace, however that was until I discovered a bunch of townhomes on the other side of our county. The a single that our mom ended up choosing seemed amazing from the start. They have a ground floor and a minute floor with fireplaces on both levels connected to the same chimney. While there is also a normal central gas furnace, it’s nice having a wood heating program as a supplemental way to moderate the cabin if his electricity ever goes out in a Wintertide storm with sub chilly hot and cold temperatures.