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Do these home exists? We're looking to migrate from Queens to Roslyn Heights and the home owners (open houses) all say that their street is "set up for natural gas". a) how do we confirm this? b) is Long Island in general slow to pick up on natural gas? c) what's the approximate cost to convert from oil to gas? d) should a home require to replace the oil tank, how much are we looking to spend? (parts and labor)
Not sure what "all set up means" as a guess I am guessing it means the pipe is in the street but needs to be brought into the house. You can call the PSEG and give them the house number. Oil to gas conversions can run up, it depends upon where the pipe is in the street to where it needs to be run to in the house distance wise. Does the house have a basement, or crawl space? If a finished basement that is more expensive, too. My sister in East Williston recently had two estimates one was $8K and the other was $13K so it pays to get a couple of estimates.
So long as the house has a functioning means of heating (oil in this case), there is no requirement to replace the oil tank.
Thank you for your insight! We prefer gas stove to electric (or it might just be a thing we need to get used to), gas is cleaner/cheaper(at times) for the long haul, and some space savings from not having a tank. A couple of prospective homes have leaky tanks and need to replaced, so we want to get an idea of how much that would cost if we kept the home running off oil. Preferably we'd want to convert to gas if it's even an option.
^ running on oil's biggest expense is buying the oil itself every single month in the winter. People are spending around $600 each month the last few months and you can easily reach $2500/yr. Cooking from an electric range isn't a huge deal nor is the boiler upkeep. We did all that in our old place. In contrast, we now spend $1100 for the entire year for gas and that does include cooking.
You can always convert for ~7k. If it comes time for a reference, I can provide a very reasonable company. Definitely do it if you plan on staying for the foreseeable future.
Thank you for your insight! We prefer gas stove to electric (or it might just be a thing we need to get used to), gas is cleaner/cheaper(at times) for the long haul, and some space savings from not having a tank. A couple of prospective homes have leaky tanks and need to replaced, so we want to get an idea of how much that would cost if we kept the home running off oil. Preferably we'd want to convert to gas if it's even an option.
I feel your pain of electric/gas. I came from the next town over from where you are looking and I had gas my entire life and now I have electric and I hate it. We don't have natural gas here only propane so I am stuck.
That tank should be a mandatory part of your contract that the homeowners replace the tank as a contingency of sale. My memory is slipping a bit on this, but I have a vague recollection of a neighbor trying to sell her home and she had a leaky tank and she had to replace it as it was required by law. Check this out as I am forgetting the details admittedly.
Once last but of advice, get a real estate attorney for any sale. A jack of all trades attorney could end up costing you more in the long run.
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