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Originally Posted by 8gv
After 26 years of living in a house with electric resistance baseboard heat and window a/c, we sold and moved to our current home which has propane heat and traditional central a/c.
The house was harder to sell and in my estimation we took a $15k-$20k price hit when selling due to the electric heat.
Last fall I had a Mitsubishi mini split system installed in our cottage.
It is extremely quiet inside and out and cools well.
The extra bonus is it's heating capability.
An electrician friend once told me that using the mini split system to heat was much cheaper than my electric baseboards but I was skeptical.
After seeing my cottage electric bill go down I am a believer!
Had I purchased a similar system for my previous residence the cost would have been recovered at the sale and I would have enjoyed many years of quiet, cheaper, comfort.
"A good idea, when executed sooner, becomes a better idea" is advice I often give.
I wish I had listened to my friend.
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We've been in our home for 13 years and have done nothing for the electric baseboard other than install smart thermostats. If we took a $15k hit in resale, I think it would easily be comparable to what it would have cost to replace/maintain/repair a NG/LP system. My parents paid a couple hundred bucks every year or two for maintenance and something like $10k to replace their furnace. In 13 years, I've spent $600 TOTAL other than electricity. And with very little chance of change, we could get another 20 years for free.
I know electric baseboard isn't the best, but when everything is considered—speed, flexibility, noise, air movement/hot spots, maintenance costs, etc. it's close enough that we've never jumped.
Does anyone know of less expensive monitoring systems? This thread has me thinking of all the little things I have plugged in all the time, like my weed whacker battery charger, 12V chargers, etc.
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