I thought I had found a great place to rent but after reading reviews I found out they charge extra rent monthly for pets and the noise is bad being next to the AFB. Additionally some residents complained that their electric bills were 800 a month. I expected high, but that seems higher than anything else I have read by other people who live there. Can anyone give me an idea of where would be ideal to look for rentals? I have a middle school and a high school aged kids and two small pets. I don't want to live in a dump and our rental budget is about 2000 a month. Any advice regarding location is greatly appreciated!
Yeah, gotta agree with LT, we pay really hi rate hea cause most alla lectricity generate by diesel generator, and very spensive, plus the power company make lotta money too, ok? Gonna be the same any where onna all islands, for me, to save money we just live with what eva temperature we got outside, neva heat or cool house, just change how we dress, use ceiling fan rarely, open house bout daylite and let cool off, then close up wen day get hotter, got xtra insulation to hold heat/cool depend onna time of year(during rainy season can get too cool for older people, we just put onna long sleeve shirt/sweater, then no problem, and for cook we use electric, but go easy on that, like cook big amount wen we cook, then store, have Viking fridge and Viking freezer, but put them onna timer to run less during no use time, only open fridge maybe 2, 3 time during day, use solar panels for heat water, only use water heater wen we have guests, also use solar perimeter lite, that sorta thing, ok? Gas available here, but not much mobetta than lectric for cost, ok? Now, at nite we only lite room we in, watch small tv leave big screen off, and try to keep bill unner 800 a month, ok? Smaller place mean smaller lectric bill, but most alla place for rent hea not include electricity, ok? Hope this help, peace an aloha to you!
$800 a month electric bill seems excessive. They must be running AC, TV and all other electrical appliances around the clock.
All of the island of O'ahu is under the same HECO (Hawaiian Electric Company) billing. Your bill will depend on how much power you use regardless of where on the island you are. Do you need to run air conditioning (or just fans), do you run a big flat screen TV and other electronics 24/7, is there also propane for some appliances to split the bill between electric and gas? Unless you rent a place already on solar power, the average bills WITHOUT air conditioning run between $100-200 a month.
What part of the island will offer the lowest electric bills? Your funny, there is no part unless its some where you don't have any electric power.
