Eco-friendly homes more expensive than promised
I think Al Gore must have been behind this eco-friendly housing subdivision, because it’s making money for the rich and screwing every one else:
Residents promised cheaper bills to live in a multi-million pound eco-friendly ‘homes of the future’ complex say they will have to move out after being hit with sky-high electricity charges.
The Pavilion Gardens complex in West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, was heralded as being the most environmentally-friendly in the county when it was completed in July 2011 at a cost of £5.6million.
Residents were told their electricity bills would be £500 cheaper than average because the houses are super-insulated with biomass boilers for heating and solar panels for electricity.
But just 18 months after moving in, many residents say they have been hit with massive electrical bills almost double the annual average and they can’t afford to live in the properties.
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Green — it’s the color of the wheelbarrows full of money the scammers are weeping over as they head to the bank.