Hello kind souls, I’m reaching out today for help after spending the last year trying to scrounge up the savings myself but unfortunately times are hard all around. We live in a home in Central Texas, south of Austin. Last summer was one of the worst I’ve had to experience and our central AC system failed us the year before. We had to survive the summer without AC using only a few window units that we could afford in the 2 story home. It was often 85-95 degrees inside the home unless you were in one of the small enclosed bedrooms, where it would cool off down to the mid 70s at the least. It was hell to get through with 3 dogs, 3 cats and our grandmother. My wife and I had moved in about 5 years ago to help take care of the house and property(its on 25 acres of family land that no one is willing to give up and the land taxes are raising all the time to be ridiculously high as well) so my mom and grandma could afford to live there. Grandpa also used to live there but passed recently so we’re doing our best to care for our grandmother. My wife got laid off in December and we lost half of our income. She was looking for a job but ended up having to look after her grandmother(on her side of the family) as well and they pay her for that but it’s not much. I work as an artist as I have a disability that makes it difficult to search for work outside of home but I’ve been able to, by the grace of God, afford to pay the bills and house payments with my art. It’s very hard work with long hours and unstable income but we’re managing just fine.
As for the AC situation, we found a man who was willing to give us two used outside units to replace the dead ones we had before for $5000. He brought them and connected them and left and we paid him through an app service so we couldn’t stop the payment once it went through. We found out he gave us units that were already burned out and had 2 more service people come out to look at them and confirm. We couldn’t get ahold of the man and he stopped answering calls and we never heard from him again. He was a friend of a friend so we thought he could be trusted but unfortunately we had to lose all that money.
This summer is supposed to reach record high temperatures in Texas and I’m afraid we won’t survive another summer like the last. All of my savings and income is wrapped up in bills and house/land payments now and I’m at a loss. So I’m reaching out to the good people of this Earth for some help. To replace/install the AC we need in our area it costs between $7,000-$10,000. I don’t think we’ll EVER be able to save up that amount, let alone do it in the next month or so. Our options are winning the lottery and relying on help from our fellow humans at this point. If there is anything you can give to help us reach our goal and protect my family from the awful Texas summer, I would be forever grateful. This is the first time I’ve ever had to reach out and ask for help and it wasn’t an easy decision to make. Please consider helping us out if you can. Thank you so so much for listening.
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