“Not many houses in Florida with a basement. The high water table makes the houses float. ;)”
LOL! I don’t think I’d want one then either ;)
I see why you are worried about A/C. Our winter would be the same concern. Every place will have it’s issues. The California coast would have good weather year round- but with all the liberals and illegals there, I’d rather deal with weather issues!
Winter is fantastic, summer is awful. Right now it’s 106 degrees (weather station is in the sun) with a heat index of 135 and a whopping 2 mph breeze. Most houses here weren’t built for not having a/c running most of the year. For example, our home has no windows that open on the east side of the house, so if the breeze were from that direction it wouldn’t help. Unless you hand pick your lot, have a working knowledge of the prevailing weather patterns in the area, hire an architect to design your home to make optimal use of those weather patterns and custom build your home I don’t really see that there’s any way around it. It’s just going to be hot. Really really hoping the electric grid doesn’t go down. Hubby is an electrical engineer and has designed a solar system to run our water pump, but big enough to run the whole house would involve a battery bank half the size of a 2 car garage and solar panels over the whole roof and the tens of thousands of dollars to pay for it. :) And yes, I’d rather be hot than deal with the liberals!