Our parents were putting up their house, our childhood home, for sale.
I could not believe how come our parents were while the rest of us were going through various levels of emotions.
Our parents, Amelia and Rohan, bought that house when my elder brother was three years old, and that is where the rest of us were born. The four of us were on a mission to stop them, and we had not been successful. They wanted to downsize to a smaller house. They had taken all the steps needed to get the house ready for viewing. Rohan went ahead to contact the HVAC business so that they could send a cooling specialist for the air conditioning tune-up. Our father wanted to ensure that every HVAC duct was in good condition just in case one or two needed duct sealing. I got to the home later than my other siblings, but I was in time to see the cooling specialist leave. Their aim was now to look for a smaller home. One of the things on their wishlist was a home that had a mini-split air conditioner using heat pump technology. If that was not hard enough to find, it preferably had to have a zone control mechanism, but they were willing to overlook zoning. Their home had a digital temperature control system, but they were hoping to find an intelligent thermostat. We all knew that indoor air quality was vital to them, but I found their requirements too ambitious. They were likely to install new air conditioning equipment to meet all their needs and desires. They eventually found a house, but they had to hire a new contractor to install their desired heating and cooling system.