The Mystery of the Furnace: Solved!

I texted our downstairs neighbor, who is away for the winter, and told him about the heat.  I didn't hear back until the next day when he texted to say his son had cranked the heat up to 90, thank you for letting me know.

This solved the mystery. The heat was coming up from downstairs, and it started quite a while after our neighbors left because the son came over later and turned the heat up.

But now we're wondering . . . why would the son, who we assume is keeping an eye on the place for the winter, turn the heat up to 90?  Or even at all?  Theoretically all he does he pop in to check unforwarded mail and make sure the pipes hadn't broken or whatever.  It would take less than five minutes. Why would he need to turn the heat way up? 

This place is weird.

Darwin saw the son lurking about yesterday, and this morning, our condo was back to normal. Our furnace is back on, and we're paying for our own heat.

It was the neighborly thing to do, but sometimes I think I should've kept my big mouth shut . . .

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