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[Joel Davidson]

As far as I know, every PV equipped home put up for sale sold quickly and PV
was one of the important reasons why the homes are bought. Here's couple
interesting notes about homebuyers' perceived value of PV.

The Carlisle house, built near Boston in 1980, was the first
utility-interactive PV powered home. The home is heated and cooled by a heat
pump and needs no fossil fuel. The original owner had a waiting list of
buyers for his home that has been a net energy producer since it was built.

Two Sacramento homes with 4 kW utility-owned PV systems went up for sale
shortly after I installed the systems. The new owners could have told SMUD
to remove the PV. Instead, they told SMUD that they liked the PV and
continued to pay the extra $4/month charge to be a SMUD PV Pioneer.

Please post other stories about PV homes bought and sold.

Graham Owen wrote:

> Thanks for the great feedback!  Joel’s link to the Appraisal Journal is
> interesting.
>
> I have some great news.  The house with 5kW was sold over the weekend
> and the highest offer was $32,000 more than the asking price.  I was
> told that a family moving to L.A. from Israel is purchasing the home and
> the solar power was definitely desired by the new owners.  I have a
> feeling realtor’s will learn that solar powered homes are more desirable
> and easier to sell than homes without clean, self-generated on-site
> power.  Even if they don’t care tremendously about the environmental
> benefits provided they should certainly appreciate the value of
> independence.
>
> Graham
>
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