You're so right. I don't miss apt living at all. I love vacuuming when I want to, blasting my music when I clean and not having to walk up the steps to my door. I do miss the lower electric bill though
Never seen a low electric bill when I was in the apartment. Average during the summer was around $150, AC set at 72. Winter was around $175-$250 depending on the temp outside and whether or not we had neighbors, above or beside temp set at 68. 1 bedroom I think 680 sqft.
Our house is around 2200 sqft. split level Summer bills averaged about $125-$140, and so far winter has been around $175-$200. Makes no damn sense with almost 3 times the space, and we have the temp set around 71 during the summer and 72 in the winter.
I would still clean whenever I wanted to, 4 am was usually the time, and our neighbors for the longest time would play some strange music sounded like something from a circus all hours of the day. He didnt complain about us, so we did not complain about them. I did hear some nasty arguments between him and his wife though.