With the real estate market still failing and my own home nearly paid off, I’ve been looking at moving to a nicer area and building my own home. So I’ve been looking around at building lots in Harrisburg and the surrounding area. I found a few that were in both decent neighborhoods and my price range, and my realtor is looking into whether or not I can build what I have in mind there. But there’s one question I haven’t been able to get a straight answer to:
What do you Harrisburgers pay for water? How about gas? I’ll be using gas everything: hot water, heat, dryer, and one hell of a nice pro-grade, stainless-steel, oversized, 6-burner gas rangetop with separate wall-mounted oven. Nice. But when I’m trying to put together my budget, I have no idea how much to allocate for either. What’s average for the area?
I also found a really nice lot in Highspire, so I’d appreciate any info on costs there as well.
5 Comments
February 6, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Dude. LOVE the new template.
February 6, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Thanks – I’m not keeping it forever, but that old one was just awful. Unfortunately this one seems broken under IE6
February 7, 2008 at 12:54 pm
It should just be the general UGI rate, no? I don’t know, as I have oil heat…
February 8, 2008 at 9:29 am
I have gas everything including a six burner stove purchased from Chef’s Choice on Cameron Street. I live in a drafty three story house and am frugal, keeping my thermostat at 65 degrees. I currently pay $115 each month to UGI. I have my heating costs equally distributed throughout the year so that my winter bills aren’t scary. As for water bills, with 2 people in my household, and the recent increase in trash collection costs, I pay about $70 a month for water, sewer, and trash.
February 8, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Thanks, old house resident. That’s a touch more than I was hoping to spend but far less than I’m paying now. Currently I pay about $300 / month to keep my house at 60. This winter I’m sticking it to the gas company by setting my heat at 50 and wearing wool socks.
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