Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter

Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by cutemonster on Friday April 07, 2023 @07:37AM (#35480545)

A villa, not an apartment?

I live far to the north, in an apartment, and didn't notice anything this winter, wherever I went. But I heard someone in their villa here nearby actually moved elsewhere, over the winter, because of the high cost of heating

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by wkat4242 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @11:13AM (#35493990)

I guess someone who owns a villa in Belgium doesn't really have to worry about electricity prices :P

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by larksimian on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:10PM (#35496556)

Villa just means house in that context, I believe

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by nuancebydefault on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:12PM (#35496590)

I am 'owner' of a villa in Belgium. Villas in Belgium vary between 250K to 750K for a normal family 3 to 4 bedroom house. Typically a house has 1 kitchen, 1 bathroom. The price is very dependent on the location! Well we saw the monthly gas+elec price of 150 euros before the crisis, suddenly go 6-fold, so we did worry a lot. We decreased our heating a few degrees and used a lot more bio fuel during winter. Lately the price is about 3 or 4 fold the price of before the crisis.

Edit: by villa we typically mean a house that is not adjacent to another house.

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Re:Europe drastically cut its energy consumption this winter by sidewndr46 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @11:51PM (#35499922)

750K US or Euros?

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