I always wanted to live in an historic house. The textures of the brick walls, the way that most of the houses were multiple stories and always seemed to have a nice big balcony of the front porch. I was given the chance to move into one recently and while I have fallen in love with the beauty of the structure, the amenities are horrendous. First I don’t have any updated appliances in a house that was built close to eighty years ago. My water comes out sometimes a bit brown meaning I need to redo all of the piping. My hose and faucet are also about fifty years old and while they were probably all the rage back then it would be nice to get the proper pressure I wanted when I take a shower. The biggest downside though is that the building runs off a boiler located in the basement. Now during the summer it never gets terrible hot and even if I get a bit warm opening the windows is rather successful and saves me a bit of money. In the winter though, I have to suck it up and mess with the big ominous metal thing downstairs and if I’m being honest I find it quite terrifying. I am currently looking into other ways to warm my home specifically the radiant flooring. This would allow me to save on possibly ruining the integrity of the historic home but still give me a better way of getting warm other than going downstairs and messing with the boiler.