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I am looking into moving to the triangle area, and I have been checking out home listings on web site. Question: why most of homes this area have an electric range? I am currently living in the area that most of homes have a gas range. Even some homes have a gas fireplace but no gas range?
I am looking into moving to the triangle area, and I have been checking out home listings on web site. Question: why most of homes this area have an electric range? I am currently living in the area that most of homes have a gas range. Even some homes have a gas fireplace but no gas range?
What price range? When you get to higher price brackets, you usually get gas cooktops.
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I don't know what the obsession is here with electric cooktops - we saw far more of those than gas when we were looking in a similar price range. It's not like the price differential is -that- huge (looking at cooktops only).
We ended up buying a house with an electric cooktop, and will switch it out for gas in a year or so. (It was brand new, so it seems wasteful to ditch it just because I don't love it...we'll wait till it gets scratched or something and then get rid of it.) There's already a gas fireplace, water heater, grill, dryer, etc...so it won't be an issue.
Gas is more expensive, so most builders in your price range default to electric.
Most people do not care and will not pay for the upgrade to gas when building, so the default remains.
If you want a gas range, it is not a major project after you buy, as long as there is gas service to the house, and access to the range location to provide it service. It can be much harder on a home on a slab foundation, of course.
I would figure about $400--$600 for the gas line, the price of the range, and possibly the cost of venting the range hood to the outside if that was not done already.
We converted to gas last year. The line cost us $400 to put in. Just make sure the houses have gas for hot water or heat and adding gas for the range will at least be an option.
I love my plumber who did the gas conversion. I don't know what area you are looking in. If it's Durham send me a pm and I wil give you his name.
We converted outselves, it wasn't a big deal to do at all if there is already a gas line to the house. We had a gas fireplace and hot water heater already.
Thank you so much everyone! My next question is, is there any difference in monthly utility bills (with electric vs gas range)?
Gas probably is a bit cheaper, but not enough to justify a conversion.
I think you would have to be cooking for 12 to see a material difference.
Heat and hot water and lights and laundry are going to be much more impactful than gas or electric range.
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