Small town living had a lot of charm.
My sister and I had inherited a small one-story building from our Grandparents on the street where most of the companies were situated.
My whole life was based in the city so I left it to my sister who had always had a soft spot for the town! The best part was that it was a one-story building which meant that she could open her shop on the lower floor and live on the upper floor. There was also a country home but it was a half-hour drive to the city in fantastic weather and that could double or triple while I was in winter. The country house, and the business building, had an electric heating plan but the townhome had radiant floor heating and a central heater. The country on the other hand had an air-source electric heat pump upgrade. The first order of business before she set up her clothing boutique was to look for a local service provider for a heating professional to conduct a furnace/heater tune-up to make sure that the whole-home heating system was in fantastic working condition. I was present when the heating company came and she reported that she had to do a furnace heating system service because the plan had been neglected for a while, but she also had to buy a new digital thermostat because the old one was analog and was failing at its job of temperature control. She also wanted a zone control system like the one she had in the city. This and other energy-saving tips she had gained would reduce her energy bill.