I have a house in the US too. It really isn't our dream house..but, then, that brings up the other horror story...renovations. What is worse renovating the house you are living in, buying a new house and remodeling it to "make it more yours", or building a new house from scratch? My husband is just happy to live in whatever and thinks I'm nuts when I suggest renovating or moving. Whenever things get bad, he's with Gil...he'll cruise.

Gil, excuse me for butting in...a suggestion...in Europe, we aren't allowed to put window AC units in or cut holes in walls (as buildings are historically protected), so we have units for the middle of rooms. They sell special AC units to place in the center of rooms that don't work quite as well as our US window or wall AC units, but the higher amp units are pretty good and I figure that they would certainly augment poorly functioning AC in the US VERY well. They are very attractive. You would only need to put in a 220 line (about $100 to put in, Doug and I just had it done)and buy an adapter at Radio Shack for $25. There might even be some units like this in the US using 110 amp. It is much easier than moving and would do the trick for you and Carole. Hope this helps. The units run from $500-$700 each and sit in the room like humidifiers.