Utilities

Historic homes are not energy efficient, so if I was thinking about buying a historic home, I'd want to know what people have been paying to heat and cool them. To help with that, the graphs below show what we've paid for utilities recently.

The N. H. Allen House is in the shadow of the Highway 99 overpass, so you can't use rabbit ears to pick up the Eugene TV stations. We used a DirecTV antenna to pick up a quality satellite signal, and the antenna is still on the roof. Alternatively, you might choose to go with Comcast or an Internet-based streaming television service. Several high-speed Internet service providers are available.

Please note: Your energy bills are likely to differ, particularly if you fill the house with a full family.

NW Natural Gas Bills

We primarily used natural gas for central heat in the winter. We didn't bother turning the gas off in the summer ... that might have saved a few dollars.

As you can see, our gas bill is quite a bit higher in the winter months, but it never got over $200 in 2018 or 2019.

Pacific Power Bills

We used electricity to heat water, cook, run the lights, power the three ductless heat pumps upstairs, and run the main 5-ton air conditioner. The electric usage has been fairly constant from month-to-month over the past two years except for December 2019. Our best guess for this blip: we probably turned on the main basement heat pump in December 2019 instead of using natural gas that month.

We moved to our new timberland home in May 2020, so that explains why the electric bills dropped at the end of the graph.

Overall, on a typical month, we've spent about $100 for electricity.

Water/Sewer

Our water/sewer bills have been around $100 to $130 per month. I cannot explain why the bills have jumped recently ... we moved out in May, so it seems like they should have dropped slightly, after all, we aren't taking showers or flushing the toilet much.

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