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Our house was built (or rather, paid to be built) by a guy that worked for the local power co, and he hated the thought of paying his own salary in his utility bill. So we have
2x6 exterior walls - with insulation in them
all interior walls are also insulated
concrete slab is about 50% thicker than what code dictates today (much less 30 years ago)
Even with our AC on the fritz, our highest power bill in a summer was just over $200. When there are accidents up on our corner, we don't hear it - our neighbors another 100 yards back hear it. When we had a couple of hurricanes blow through, we didn't even notice 'em in the middle of the night.
So... over build on exterior walls, over insulate everywhere.
The one thing I would do different if I had to rebuild my house would be more cables everywhere - network (cat5), coax (for cable/satellite tv), phone, and power outlets. A few extra circuits, with a better layout as to which outlets are on which circuits.
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“IN MY EXPERIENCE, SUSAN, WITHIN THEIR HEADS TOO MANY HUMANS SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF WARS THAT HAPPENED CENTURIES AGO.”
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