I have an ~1800sqft house in the US South East in a LCOL area.
• Garbage collection is $5/wk
• Water + Sewage is ~$150/mo
• Electricity is ~$150/mo
• Internet is $55/mo
• Propane is ~$150/yr
• Lawn Care is ~$800/yr
• Property Tax is ~$2400/yr
• Home Insurance is ~$1500/yr
• HOA is ~$1400/yr
We will probably spring for pest control next year which I expect to be about $100/mo
Unless I bungled the math, that works out to $11,970/yr
This obviously doesn’t include any maintenance, repairs, or improvements
EDIT: Just saw your second edit. Propane is still new to us; last winter we heated almost exclusively with the heat pump. This year we plan to try using the propane more and see how the cost differs. We pay $100/year to rent a tank and the propane truck comes by once a month and tops it off. Then we get a bill for however much they add.
I guess the NYTimes interviewed home back in 2023?
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