My wife's grandmother passed away in October of 04, she lived in NC.
She was a very cheap person - she moved down there to save money - she lived in a trailer, in New Bern.
I went down there to clean out the trailer and get it ready to sell. We sold her trailer for 7K - which is about the going rate for a used double wide. It cost another 150 per month to park it on the lot. It was about 1/2 hour from the open ocean and maybe 10 mins to Palmico Sound.
I pre-bought all my oil this year at 2.19 a gallon so the heat hasn't been concerning me as much this year as last. We locked in last year too but the bills in the winter stink so I prepaid it in the fall and got a good price.
WEEWEE Get programmable thermostats and use them on every zone. Get the ones with the highest number of program cycles along with 7 day. Use it aggressively and you will see significant savings. We saved over a tank of oil last year alone and that was before we did the last zone upstairs. The nice thing is you can set it to go to all different levels in multiple times during the day and then drop to 60 at nite if the zone isn't needed or during the day if it's not needed then.
No problem (right now) here in BigFish city! We bought the house with a half tank of oil....I got another half tank of oil free from a removal I did and filled the tank at the house....it is down to a little less than half right now and I am doing another removal on Tuesday that has another half tank of oil and its coming home with me....I also have a full tank of oil I got free from some other removals ready to use when I need it! Looks like I won't need to buy any oil this winter at all!
Think of all the tackle I can buy with the savings!
Home builders and the real estate market are all talking about the mid-west migration. Living expenses are MUCH cheaper out there. People are leaving New England at a pretty good pace these days.
My gas fireplace has been good to me. Localized heat where I spend most of my time, in the living room. I don't really care if some of my other rooms are a bit chilly.
We're on our third delivery (today) since August. 235 gallons at @$2.05/gallon is 482 bucks
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
Looks like I won't need to buy any oil this winter at all!
Nice!
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