open plan living
Oct 9th 2008, 6:18 pm
#31
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 9,606
Re: open plan living
Sorry, I thought from your comment about seeing what happened in winter that your $150 monthly hadn't taken account of winter.
So let's see if I have this right...you are all electric and your total bills for heating, lighting, cooking and hot water for a year are $1800.
So let's see if I have this right...you are all electric and your total bills for heating, lighting, cooking and hot water for a year are $1800.
There are some advantages to living in this province.
I won't publish my provincial tax return, though. Not before 9pm. It contains scenes of nudity and violence (a man being stripped naked and ****** up the ****).
Last edited by Souvenir; Oct 9th 2008 at 6:24 pm.
Oct 9th 2008, 6:44 pm
#32
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Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
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Oct 10th 2008, 7:50 am
#33
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Joined: Apr 2007
Location: Dunedin now, Rangiora and Christchurch before
Posts: 463
Re: open plan living
Hi, haven't posted on the Canadian forum for some time. We sold our open plan in Niagara Falls and moved to New Zealand. Open plan houses are much nicer than having the house cut up into rooms. Our house had a front hall off of which was a formal living. Then through the hall you entered the middle of the house, kitchen, dining and family.
It is a common set up in new homes to have the kitchen dining and family all connected. It is a nice way to live. We have only been gone two years, but at the time never found paying $300 per month to be expensive. We paid less than $200 for natural gas for the month and about $80 for electricity.
Houses are well built, and despite what was posted above, there is no issue with condensation in houses through heating rooms differently. It is possible to close the register in rooms not in use so the warm air flows to those rooms you use only.
It is a common set up in new homes to have the kitchen dining and family all connected. It is a nice way to live. We have only been gone two years, but at the time never found paying $300 per month to be expensive. We paid less than $200 for natural gas for the month and about $80 for electricity.
Houses are well built, and despite what was posted above, there is no issue with condensation in houses through heating rooms differently. It is possible to close the register in rooms not in use so the warm air flows to those rooms you use only.
