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What homeowners can do to keep their electric bill down
What homeowners can do to keep their electric bill down By Courtney Klosterman, Home Insights Expert at Hippo, the home insurance group focused on proactive protection Regular maintenance and upkeep of your home’s critical appliances and systems can help with system efficiency to reduce energy use, and your electric bill, during extreme weather conditions. A recent survey from Hippo found that of U.S. homeowners who plan to do spring cleaning this year, less than half are planning on doing key appliance (43%), structural (38%), and systems (26%) preventative maintenance. Here are some key maintenance projects for keeping your home’s systems running smoothly and your electric bill down: Service HVAC systems…
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Cost conscious updates that will help you fall in love with your home again
By Courtney Klosterman, Home Insights at Hippo After a year of high inflation and unexpected issues that have spurred regrets for homeowners, it’s time to fall in love with your home again. According to Hippo’s Housepower Report, 78% of respondents (U.S. homeowners) have had regrets about purchasing their homes within the last 12 months. Of those who have had regrets, about half say homeownership is more expensive than they anticipated (49%), they’ve had too many unexpected issues with their home (47%) and there is too much maintenance and upkeep involved (47%). Regrets or not, 59% of respondents overall said they had something unexpected go wrong with their home in the…





