Water & Gas in Harrisburg
By floor9 on Feb 6, 2008 in Central PA
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.
Dude. LOVE the new template.
Jersey | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
Thanks - I’m not keeping it forever, but that old one was just awful. Unfortunately this one seems broken under IE6 :(
floor9 | Feb 6, 2008 | Reply
It should just be the general UGI rate, no? I don’t know, as I have oil heat…
Josh | Feb 7, 2008 | Reply
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.
old house resident | Feb 8, 2008 | Reply
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.
floor9 | Feb 8, 2008 | Reply