| stripey Sep 30th, 2006, 12:59 AM Hi there Florida people! :D Would you say $280 a month for the electric bill for a 1450 sq foot house in Florida is rather expensive? :confused: :eek: Thanks! AprilWhine Sep 30th, 2006, 01:02 AM Stripey, what season? Air Conditioning in August can be very expensive. stripey Sep 30th, 2006, 01:07 AM speedy response! I thought it would be that. Still sounds a lot though. It is still $100+ over winter. Could be the pool heater then I suppose (although that shouldn't be on a lot of the time). Over $2000 for the year. Seems like a lot, when for a larger house over here it is a lot less, although once our gas is incuded it is getting closer to the same I suppose. :( AprilWhine Sep 30th, 2006, 10:58 AM I'm not in FL, I'm in VA and local rates can vary widely. :) But during the summer, just running air conditioning and the normal assortment of appliences, gas stove and water heater, my electric bill runs around $200 a month. My house is over twice that size, but the increase isn't directly proportional. You have a pool there? I'm sure the heater isn't running in the summer ;) but running the filters for the minimum of four hours a day costs a lot too. BTW, what are you doing in Florida? :) stripey Sep 30th, 2006, 05:26 PM It's a villa that we rent out. I'm not actually there unfortunately! :( We have just done our tax returns, and got my annual shock at how much all the utilities and taxes cost. Property tax is extortionate too! I think the pool pump runs pretty much all day, from early morning till late evening. I guess that would cost a bit too! Need to rent it out more. Thanks for your help. Fancy a trip to Florida? AprilWhine Sep 30th, 2006, 09:08 PM Not planning a trip to FL anytime soon, but a villa does sound nice! Just to help, you may want to post it for rent on my local MINI board? I'm admin there and don't mind. HRMINI Home (http://www.hrmini.com) stripey Oct 1st, 2006, 01:39 AM Not planning a trip to FL anytime soon, but a villa does sound nice! Just to help, you may want to post it for rent on my local MINI board? I'm admin there and don't mind. HRMINI Home (http://www.hrmini.com) Thanks! I got told off for posting it on here way back when I first joined...:D AprilWhine Oct 1st, 2006, 09:32 AM This site's rules don't allow for non MINI items for sale posting. | ||