Folks have heard me mention here too many times about my house fire. House torn to the studs and rebuilt.
What I have not talked about much was how much money I spent trying to make my house as "green" and energy efficent as possible. From the insulation to the new HVAC unit, kitchen applicanes, toliets, putting in an attic fan, I dipped pretty deep into my savings on top of what Allstate paid me to buy the best of the best.
My parents looking from the outside in were confused by the money I spent.
I explained I like to say I am a "hippie liberal," but from a conservation point-of-view I didn't always maybe live that way. I have a chance to do the right thing here and I am going to do that. Plus, I am sure overtime I will save money.
I now have six month of results, in the form of my power/water bill (they are one bill from my little rural city).
NOT HAD A BILL MORE THAN $97. A low of $83 this month. Keep in mind I have what was a five bedroom house.
My bill used to be $150-$170 for the same time frame.
Been kind of throwing the bills at my parents and saying, and you questioned me. See. See. Can you believe I am saving like $50+ a month. That is real money and I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd see a saving this large.
But what I did worked. Only wish I could have afforded sollar. Thrown in an Elon Musk battery in my 5th bedroom I turned into a utility room, and my power bill would be zero. But maybe sometime next decade :).