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59. Heating isn't really a problem, just costs more.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #57)

Sat Jan 22, 2022, 01:01 PM

Jan 2022

When the temps are below zero, there may be a little bit of a chill in the house, but it's mostly fine. I think our most recent gas+electric bill was $350 or so. The next may be worse. Older houses will be more, depending on the type of heat and how well insulated they are. One friend of mine lives in a house from the 1890s with radiant heat and he has said heating bills are typically $600 in the winter. Probably a little higher now.

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