Utility Bills

[backagain39]

Mine is high...tooo high. $350.00 a month for an 1800 sq ft one level home. No one is here during the day.....I can't figure it out and that doesn't cover the cost of propane for heat.......

That is more than my car payment and insurance payment combined......

This state is financially killing me and the only *bill* I have is a car payment and rent......the rest is all utilities.

[SEABREEZE 1957]

We live in a 2800 sq. ft. house, use oil and electric. The winter electric bill (SMECO) Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative is usually around $160.00 & oil is $124.00 a month (spread evenly over a 10 month plan with Southern Maryland Oil SMO with a 'no increase in oil price' clause), so we average about $300.00 a month. I very rarely use the dishwasher, but wash/dry an average of 5 loads of clothes a week. In the summer it's pretty close to the same.

We just replaced the AC and Oil Furnace last summer.

I think heat pumps are more expensive to run, and baseboard electric heat is the even more expensive.

[BS Gal (Premo)]

Our electric was $266 this month. We do a monthly plan for oil, which is over $100.

[backagain39]

My brother lives in SC close to the Georgia state line up next to Atlanta, so it gets cold there during the winter. He has a 2000 sq ft home and he pays 60 bucks a month for all electric and he has young kids.....................

[BS Gal (Premo)]

Originally Posted by shmltn

We are relocating from SoCal to SoMD in March and I was wondering what people are paying for utlities in that part of the country? I know it depends on usage, but if you could let me know what your bills usually run and the size of your place, I thought I could at least formulate some idea of what to expect. Thanks. -Sherry

I was raised in Fresno.

[SEABREEZE 1957]

Originally Posted by backagain39

My brother lives in SC close to the Georgia state line up next to Atlanta, so it gets cold there during the winter. He has a 2000 sq ft home and he pays 60 bucks a month for all electric and he has young kids.....................

Damn that's cheap! We have zero kids, turn the thermostat down to 65 during the day and try to be energy conscious....in the evening we have the thermostat set to gradually go up to 68-70.


I forgot to add that our water bill with METCOM is usually $13.00 or so.

[backagain39]

Originally Posted by SEABREEZE 1957

Damn that's cheap! We have zero kids, turn the thermostat down to 65 during the day and try to be energy conscious....in the evening we have the thermostat set to gradually go up to 68-70.


I forgot to add that our water bill with METCOM is usually $13.00 or so.

Yes it is cheap!!!....he moved about 2 years ago. The rest of my family is trying to sell thier home and move to Huntsville Alabama and I am currently looking to move also. I am just waiting on a job to come through. I am looking in Central Virginia. I found a 4 bedroom 2 bath home with 5 acres for $94,000. I am headed out this weekend to look at it. And no it's not falling to the ground, its only 3 years old................

[nicole_M]

Originally Posted by backagain39

Yes it is cheap!!!....he moved about 2 years ago. The rest of my family is trying to sell thier home and move to Huntsville Alabama and I am currently looking to move also. I am just waiting on a job to come through. I am looking in Central Virginia. I found a 4 bedroom 2 bath home with 5 acres for $94,000. I am headed out this weekend to look at it. And no it's not falling to the ground, its only 3 years old................

Wow!

My water bill with Chesapeake Ranch Water Co. is about $40/month, a little more in the summer...Watering all my plants and garden...One month it was $100.

[SEABREEZE 1957]

Originally Posted by nicole_M

Wow!

My water bill with Chesapeake Ranch Water Co. is about $40/month, a little more in the summer...Watering all my plants and garden...One month it was $100.

Yikes!! Sometime during the summer, ours is a little higher than the $13.00 norm, but NEVER $100.00...Even $40.00 a month seems high (to me anyway)

[nicole_M]

Originally Posted by SEABREEZE 1957

Yikes!! Sometime during the summer, ours is a little higher than the $13.00 norm, but NEVER $100.00...Even $40.00 a month seems high (to me anyway)

3 kids, 3 baths per day (almost everyday) -- Then DH and I showering...Laundry, dishes, etc....The $100 may have been about 6 weeks...I'd have to find my stub for that month. But yeah, I just paid it and it was $47. My cheapest were about $12-14 for one or two months. (Probably Summer when we were away for 14 days of the month )