Newbie to oil

So we are buying our first house in levittown. It's roughly 1300 square feet. Can anyone give a guesstimate on prices per month. We are going to do balanced billing, but I know that doesn't hit until a few months in the house. We keep our apartment pretty low now. I think the highest we've gone is 70-72, and honestly I am not sure if that is average, more than average or what. Lol

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :) we are trying to figure out what we are going to pay

Also as a side note, the house has a gas stove, does anyone know what that will run?

Newbie to oil

Our house is about 1500 sq. ft. Last year we had a fixed rate of $3.59/gal. We are on balanced billing at $125/month. We had 3 fill ups I believe but we weren't even close to empty during each fill up. We tried to keep the house between 68-70. It was a mild winter so I don't really know how it will be if it's really cold this coming winter.

Re: Newbie to oil

Wow, I was thinking about $300 a month on balanced billing. I hope we can find a price like that!

So they fill up even when it's not empty? I guess that makes sense. Do you set the number of fill ups when you set the price? Who do you use, if you don't mind me asking

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It really will depend on how insulated your home is bc if its poorly insulated, you may go through a lot more oil then projected plus until your in the house, you don't know the temperature you will need to keep.the house at. Is the house 2 zoned heat? My old house in levittown was, so my parents only ran the upstairs heat while we were home & up there which cut back immensely.

Try to lock in to a ceiling price plan this way if the oil goes down, your price will too. We just signed with Romanelli for $3.69 ceiling. Is the burner old? If so, you'll want a service contract too.

My house currently.is 2250 sq ft & we fill about every 6-7 weeks. We always did cod so balanced billing was not possible.

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We do not do balanced billing, but if we did we would pay about $200 a month.Our house is about 1400 square feet, we do keep it very cool most of them time (rarely over 65at night and 68-70 when we are home during the day). We do have a large hot water tank that causes the burner to run more. This year I am hoping to get this lower as we replaced a very large window in our living room that was very drafty.

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I am not sure how well the house is insulated, this may be a really dumb question, but is there any way to check?? I guess it will just be a waiting game when we get in the house, I just hate not being able to budget yet!! lol. I like things set and ready to go!