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<blockquote data-quote="rotor_powerd" data-source="post: 15361848" data-attributes="member: 76391"><p>Maintenance is more than a normal house but not bad. You'll need to have the exterior stained every 5-7 years and it's not cheap. Cost depends on the method of stripping the old stain, the type of stain you have put back on, and how many coats of it. We got quotes this year for it and the cheapest was $5,000, the most expensive was $24,000 (The guy who provided the $24,000 quote said the house would look like it came off the front of a magazine.... for that much I would hope so!). Carpenter bees are a nuisance that you'll never get rid of. Just put up some traps and keep a tennis racket handy, that's about all you can do. Other than that there's not much to it. </p><p></p><p>We have a geothermal heat pump/AC. Electric is the only utility we pay, and it's pretty consistent year round within $50 or so. Geothermal is nice because it's efficient and combined with the efficiency of logs you can really save money there. You also get ice cold air in the summer and hot, hot air in the winter - regardless of the outside temperature. A woodstove is a must also - I've kept the heat off for a week straight with our small woodstove in the basement, our house isn't a mansion by any means but it's about 3,500 sqft between the main level and the basement. Once the logs get heated (Or cooled) they really trap it in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rotor_powerd, post: 15361848, member: 76391"] Maintenance is more than a normal house but not bad. You'll need to have the exterior stained every 5-7 years and it's not cheap. Cost depends on the method of stripping the old stain, the type of stain you have put back on, and how many coats of it. We got quotes this year for it and the cheapest was $5,000, the most expensive was $24,000 (The guy who provided the $24,000 quote said the house would look like it came off the front of a magazine.... for that much I would hope so!). Carpenter bees are a nuisance that you'll never get rid of. Just put up some traps and keep a tennis racket handy, that's about all you can do. Other than that there's not much to it. We have a geothermal heat pump/AC. Electric is the only utility we pay, and it's pretty consistent year round within $50 or so. Geothermal is nice because it's efficient and combined with the efficiency of logs you can really save money there. You also get ice cold air in the summer and hot, hot air in the winter - regardless of the outside temperature. A woodstove is a must also - I've kept the heat off for a week straight with our small woodstove in the basement, our house isn't a mansion by any means but it's about 3,500 sqft between the main level and the basement. Once the logs get heated (Or cooled) they really trap it in. [/QUOTE]
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