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I think the heating cost is too high there. Like i said, my gas bill for the furnace & the hot water runs somewhere around $1,600-1,700 for the year. i’ve never had a winter monthly bill above $300 something. I have an attached 3 storey brownstone and keep the thermostat between 67 and 71. My space between the top floor and the roof does have new blown in insulation.

I would say, from experience, that a 4 storey house needs two furnaces or at least an extra air handler to accomodate the top floor if the furnace is in the basement. Otherwise its pretty inefficient.

While Grace Court is completely charming, I can’t see how it competes with other properties in BH that offer substantially more space. By my comparison, the house is overpriced by at least $800 a square foot even in turnkey condition. I don’t see it as a great family house, but perfect for a couple (albeit a wealthy one) who entertain and have house guests. And I always think it is a little sad to buy a house without a yard of some sort!

An updated efficient heating system can obviously save an owner plenty of money.

Generalizing about how much it costs to heat a typical “house” is pretty much pointless unless you’re comparing apples to apples (aka same size houses or houses with similar heating systems).

DIBS: Did you think the heating cost is too high or too low? I have a four-story brownstone, and the gas bill in the winter runs $700-$900/month (and coming from an apartment in Manhattan, stunned the hell out of me).

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