NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[CntryBoy777]

Well in some places over there they still Shine, so ya certainly want to know the areas to stay away from. Even today there are some that live by the "Code of the Hills". There are places here in Ms that I won't go to or thru, but it must not be too bad if his friend is suddenly on board to move.

 

[NH homesteader]

There was one place they drove by that they said northerners shouldn't go, lol. But mostly everyone's fine. Lots of people have moved in from elsewhere. Lots of churches. Lots of cows.

 

[Mike CHS]

@NH homesteader most of the rural parts of the state are Electric CO-OPs tied into TVA and it has been cheaper for us here that it was in South Carolina. Our house is all electric as is our work shop. Our shop is on it's own meter and usually just hits the minimum charge which is $28 but goes up a bit more because we have a small 230v heater that we use to keep it in at least the 40's to keep finishes from freezing and warm enough for us to work there with propane heat supplement.

The house is 1500 square feet with heat pump and the lowest months since we moved here full time in June has been $90-$100 and when the temps bottomed out in the 20's it got up to $170-$190. Teresa just looked up the last 8 months and the average was $150. We got rural water connected to our place last year and that is higher here than in other parts of the district because there was such a small population to connect to the water line. Our water runs in the $50ish but that is also cheaper than water/sewer was in SC. We're on septic here.

 

[Mike CHS]

We were both raised country so these people are the types we grew up around. We haven't found folks here to be nearly as clannish as they are in other places I have been. We know everybody in our very sparsely populated section and they are all great and have become good friends.

 

[NH homesteader]

Thanks Mike! That's comparable to here. And I do believe our friends are energy hogs. We'll have to work on that! Lol they are trying to learn how to not be consumers, and spend so much darn money. So we'll help them out with that, because we're cheap. Ahem, frugal!

 

[Bruce]

@Mike CHS Did you have a choice to hook up to the municipal water? Seems like $600/year wouldn't be a really long payback for a well.

@NH homesteader Does the friend have family to convince? And can he/they live in the MH with you on your friends' property?

 

[Mike CHS]

We already have a well - it's a little over 1300' and is drinkable but has too high of a sulfur content. Even with treatment it the damage it does to house fixtures and plumbing eats that $600 a year pretty fast. That was one of the reasons we had to gut the house.

 

[Bruce]

Yep, I can see paying for non sulfur water! We are lucky, no nasty chemicals and only mildly hard water.

 

[NH homesteader]

Oh wow! Crazy.

Yeah our friend is single, and really can do whatever he wants. I told DH if he wants to stay with us for a month or two that's fine but that's about it! Lol. I don't know if he would actually do it though.

 

[NH homesteader]

Just pet my dog and looked down... Deer tick crawling on my hand. Ughhhh