Solar at Catskill Farms
So, we went solar at Catskill Farms. Seemed like the thing to do. We use a lot of juice and after last winter, it seemed the payback will be pretty quick. Cost $49k, and with all the state and federal rebates I think it cost us $20k and that can be used as 'accelerated depreciation' in the first year and I'm C Corp, so it cost, netted out, around $12k (of course the cash flow demands were greater). The net $12k is like a 3 year payback.
Also contributed another piece to the the Upstater - "Sustainable Progress, ...". They are so good to me over there.
Our panels.
The schematic.
The metrics. Its fun to see that I've generated enough electricity to operate a tv for 426 days, a passenger car for half a year, or 11 computers for a year. I've also 'saved' .4 acre of trees and offset 2.02 metric tons of carbon. It's pretty cool, I'm glad I did it.
Interestingly though, I still wouldn't recommend it to my clients since their energy bills are so dog gone low it's a tough return on investment proposition.
(I hate to publicize these improvement because I'm sure Eric from Nest Property Services will be calling tomorrow with insurance increase 'suggestions')
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4 people bought this house. 2 sisters, a friend from college, and a boyfriend of one. We heard a lot about people who want to buy as a group, but we haven't ever seen it before. These new media folks brought the modern touch to this 1800 sq ft home.
It's really a house about the small touches splashed on a monochromatic palette.
Greenish door with Early American stained beadboard on the ceiling.
Shale stone chimney chase, black mantel, and 12x20 tile with gray grout. Jacobean stain on 1x12 yellow pine.
Ikea kitchen, flashy range tile.
Single light door going out to the screened porch.
Front door, modern barn door, and bench with grills.
Galvanized exposed duct.
Money shot.
This is a good muscular angular shot that captures all the glory.
Good design for the exposed duct. No panel door. Lever handles.
Legless sink.
Reverse money shot.
Cool ass ground floor build out with concrete floors and movie screen.
