Utilities in Wake Forest (co-op, house, neighborhood)

[BreatheJoy]

My family just relocated to NC from TX and are closing on a home in Wake Forest. I am working on a new budget. Could you please help me get an idea of the utilities we should expect for a 3,000 sqf home (new construction) in Holding Village, Wake Forest? I'd appreciate if you can break it down (electricity, water, gas etc) but a rough total would be fine.

Note: we typically keep the temperature of our home at 77-78 degrees during the summer and 70-72 degrees during winter.

Thanks!

[GVoR]

We live in Wake Forest, similar sized home. A couple of key considerations with my numbers.

1. We keep our cooler in the summer (75 main floor, 72 upstairs) and between 68-72 during winter.
2. We have a fescue lawn that I water regularly during the summer to avoid it turning into a brown wasteland. As a result, our water bill during the summer months is about 2-3 times the bill we see in non summer months (on average). If you don't have an irrigation system/need to water during summer, the second number will be more relevant.
3. Beyond the cooling differences, one thing to keep in mind. Our house has a ton of lights, something like 50 switch panels. Back in May I swapped out every bulb on the property (including a lot of exterior lights lights in our hardscaped backyard) with LEDs/Smart LEDs. This change, if I compare same months, dropped our bill around $78 (assuming everything else was consistent).

Gas - Average for a year is $67.
Water - Average for the year is $130. Leaving out the months we water, average bill is around $70.
Electric - Average for the year is $225.

Now, I couldn't tell you how in line with norms for our neighborhood (Heritage 2/South) we our, but should at the very least give you an idea of what the ball parks are.

I will say, we moved from MA in March of 2017. We didnt have gas there (oil heat which is way more expensive, roughly $600-800 to fill the tank and we filled the tank at least twice a winter), but I find water way more expensive here than there (our bill was quarterly, so maybe it is merely perception) and electric seems higher too (but we had a town owned, co-op electric provider that the residents partially owned, so maybe it isn't a fair comparison).

[BreatheJoy]

Thank you! I was budgeting $350-400 so we are not so far off.