You should fall for the house. Let me worry about the furnace.
Before real estate I spent six years doing home energy audits. I still walk into a Eugene house and read it the same way.
Meet Celia
Celia came to real estate from six years doing home energy audits, which is a strange background until you watch her walk a Eugene house.
She reads the mechanicals, the envelope, and the orientation, and she can tell a buyer within a fairly narrow range what the place will cost to run. Efficient homes are worth paying for. Some of the ones marketed as efficient are not.
Guides from Celia
What "Energy Efficient" Really Means on a Listing
How to read energy claims on a home listing and figure out whether they hold up.
Read the article →How a Home's Orientation Affects What It Costs to Run
Why the direction a house faces and how it is shaded matters for heating and cooling costs, and what to look for when touring.
Read the article →Mechanicals to Ask About Before You Make an Offer
A guide to the furnace, water heater, insulation, and other mechanical questions worth asking before buying a house.
Read the article →The work, up close
Curious what your house is actually worth to run and to sell
Get a sense of your home's value from someone who looks past the certificate to the actual performance of the building.
The certificate says one thing
The blower door test says another. Celia Frost helps Eugene buyers and sellers find out which one their house is.