Posted by BetsyMI on 12/15/05 8:55am
Msg #82694

Heat Bill...O/T

I did a closing last night in a home that was downright cold. Had the borrower tell me that his last heat bill was about $53 for his small home. This month his bill was $179!!!

Mine last month was about $78 so I'm dreading this month's bill. Have to do a few extra signings to pay for the heat bill or freeze your you-know-what off.

Reply by Teddog_CO on 12/15/05 9:14am
Msg #82701

Same here Betsy. Last year the highest bill was about $82. bucks - first bill this year was $150.bucks. Yikes! I like to leave it set at 60 degrees, but when it's a day like today -9 degrees You have to turn it up as you said or freeze-it-off.

I've been to signings where it was so cold your nose started to turn blue and lose the feeling in your fingers. Gee! A 500K house and can't use the heat? there's something weird about that. lol Now I wear my Woolies just in case I enter a "no-heat zone"

Have a Great Day and stay Warm Betsy.

Teddog

Reply by CarolynCO on 12/15/05 9:23am
Msg #82711

To help eliminate the Excel winter envelope shock, every month throughout the year I mail $100, building up a credit, so it's not quite as scary opening up the winter month's bill.

Reply by Charm_AL on 12/15/05 9:16am
Msg #82703

I know someone here that keeps her thermostat at 50 and she and her son wear jackets and scarves in the house! Our heating bills are supposed to sky rocket this season.

Reply by Dorothy_MI on 12/15/05 10:39am
Msg #82747

Ours just went up 47 Percent

That's all the public utilities commission would grant the largeest gas company in MI. They asked for 49 percent!!

Reply by Sandy_MD on 12/15/05 9:16am
Msg #82704

I wish my bill was that low I am on budget billing and for the last year its been $212 a month

Reply by PAW_Fl on 12/15/05 9:19am
Msg #82707

This year's heating bill will be $60. That's what I just paid for a chord of wood. We don't have central heat, only a fireplace. Last year, we didn't even go through a whole chord. We also have a couple of Delonghi oil-filled radiator heaters for keeping the chill off.

Reply by PAW_Fl on 12/15/05 9:22am
Msg #82709

Re: Summer A/C Bill...O/T

We get big bills during the summer. Our electric bill for a/c (one 5 ton and 1 2 ton unit) runs about $175 a month during July, August and September. (+/- some depending on the weather gods and goddesses of course.)

Reply by Teddog_CO on 12/15/05 9:24am
Msg #82712

Paw, Guess we just can't win! lol nm

Reply by PAW_Fl on 12/15/05 9:30am
Msg #82720

Re: Paw, Guess we just can't win! lol nm

Northerners pay in the winter ... Southerners pay is the summer. It all comes out in the wash. (Speaking of the continental US only). HI and AK may be exceptions.

Reply by MB_AZ on 12/15/05 9:28am
Msg #82718

Re: Summer A/C Bill...O/T

July and August her in AZ is brutal! Electric bills are over $300 during those months.

Reply by Bonnie_CO on 12/15/05 9:25am
Msg #82713

Thank goodness for wood stoves! The only time we use our propane is at night! This single wood stove keeps a 2800 sq ft home warm all day and the furnace doesn't kick in until around 1 am. I wonder how people that are barely scraping by as it is will have heat this winter? We get our wood from a local sawmill, $25.00 for a heaping truck load. Can't beat it!

Reply by CarolynCO on 12/15/05 9:27am
Msg #82717

We cut a couple of trees every year for the cabin. However, in Denver, most people have been forced to either quit using fireplaces or install gas inserts in the fireplaces because we have "no burn red days" where we aren't allowed to burn.

Reply by eXpedN_TX on 12/15/05 9:34am
Msg #82723

In the summer my bills run about $230 and now I am saving since it's winter. My bills run between $150 - $200 in winter. I also have a fireplace, but I find it helpful to close the upstairs vents (I have central heat and air) during winter since heat rises. My family from Vermont will be coming to stay with me for the Holidays. It's going to be strange to them that we don't have to plow and scrape windows. I am going to try and keep the heat down a little so they will feel right at home. - Melissa

Reply by KathiAZ on 12/15/05 9:52am
Msg #82734

I am on the budget plan in Arizona for my electric heat and cooling, only $150 a month all year. I just had a gas fireplace installed in my home and I use that to warm the Living-Dining and Kitchen when I am home. I have no idea how much my gas bill will go up, but I have my thermostat set at 65, and I love sleeping in a cold room with lots of blankets...Of course with a low of 39 and a High of 70 life is pretty good.