Recent Electric & Water bills (Garland, Lewisville: home, school district, taxes)

[socketz]

I paid 250ish a month for electric in Socal during the summer (1900 sq/ft, 1987 build). But at the most, the harsh part of summer was 2 months tops.

Most of the time the electric is about 100-150.

Not sure about gas as it was always too low to even be concerned with...

[GoPadge]

Originally Posted by gemini315

Did you have 2 airconditioners in the house or only 1?

Funny you should ask... We had two A/C's, but the upstairs one was notoriously unreliable. It had a pinhole leak somewhere in the refrigerant line. We made through last summer with a couple of refills. My intention was to try and find the leak this spring.

[Jaima]

Originally Posted by midnightbirdgirl

This is an interesting thread...here in So Cali, I pay almost $500 a month in summer for Electric on a 1300 sqft house...winter Gas is about $250... man am I in for a change??!!
MBG

that does seem a bit high, i have a 1200sqft home with no insulation (no ac either) in anaheim, ca and all my utilities electric, sewer, trash,water is $400-$450 every 2 months, my gas is about $40-$45 a month. we are a family of six

[Dennis_F]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

Here is my Jan utilities

Elec $285
Water $22
Gas $355
Sanitation $18
Sewer $31

Just out of curiosity, how do your July-Aug bills compare?

[shannon94]

I live in an older home (1965) (fell in love with the lot and the bones of the house) we upgraded insulation, windows, and AC. a little over 1700 sq ft my electric in summer is about $150-170 (keep it around 74 or 75) the rest of the year its about $70-80. cook and dry clothes with gas so I do have a gas bill between $40-60. total water bill in summer is about $85-100 8500 sq ft lot to water.

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by Dennis_F

Just out of curiosity, how do your July-Aug bills compare?

Our most expensive electric bill was this past August and it was a little over $800 I believe. That month hit everyone as it was pretty hot then, hotter than normal and DRY!

This morning on the radio they were discussing the flourascent light bulbs that you can replace incandescent bulbs with and one guy said he saved $50 the first month by just replacing them in 3 rooms of his house. Worth looking into.

[midnightbirdgirl]

Originally Posted by Jaima

that does seem a bit high, i have a 1200sqft home with no insulation (no ac either) in anaheim, ca and all my utilities electric, sewer, trash,water is $400-$450 every 2 months, my gas is about $40-$45 a month. we are a family of six

There are only 3 of us...our house was built in 88 and has central air.
It is high, but normal for the area.
MBG

[midnightbirdgirl]

Originally Posted by gemini315

That sounds pretty high for So Cal. How come is your Electric bill so high?

Everybody here has about the same, more for larger houses.
MBG

[gemini315]

Originally Posted by shannon94

I live in an older home (1965) (fell in love with the lot and the bones of the house) we upgraded insulation, windows, and AC. a little over 1700 sq ft my electric in summer is about $150-170 (keep it around 74 or 75) the rest of the year its about $70-80. cook and dry clothes with gas so I do have a gas bill between $40-60. total water bill in summer is about $85-100 8500 sq ft lot to water.

How much did it cost you to do the energy saving upgrades to your house? Would you please break it down if possible, eg. A/C, windows, insulation, radiant barriers.

We are also interested in buying in an established neighbourhood with mature trees, and will most likely have to do energy saving upgrades as well.

[shaxs]

Originally Posted by gemini315

That sounds pretty high for So Cal. How come is your Electric bill so high?

Its winter here and I just paid $215 for electricity and gas. We dont even have an AC unit and we never run the gas. Stinks.