Since I last blogged we have sold our house, bought another one and moved in. I took on a long term relieving job for three terms but lasted only 8 weeks. After the euphoria of finally selling, we had the tumult of deciding on a house to buy, moving in and then the chill of winter and the misery of my little breakdown.
We moved in here, Woodhill, Whangarei on 15 April. By mid May we were hit with an uncharacteristic cold period with 2 - 3 frosts and a cold house after we removed the old night storage heater when we recarpeted. The house isn't insulated underneath - would be quite easy to do once the subsidies are up and running. But the irony of coming to the North where is is obviously much warmer than Rotorua and then feeling the cold MORE is remarkable.
We have a heat pump now - very warm - but expensive. However, the gas heater and electric heaters were costing us a lot so in the end we'll get some of the cost back - Genesis will give us a $300 credit on our electricity bill so there are some mitigating factors.
More later.
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