Did you know that energy-efficient variable speed and two-speed pool pumps use as little as 1/3 the energy of that single-speed pump in your pool now? They also operate more quietly than most single speed models, and provide superior filtration.

Efficiency Vermont is offering residential customers a $200 mail-in rebate for installing a qualifying energy-efficient pool pump. The rebate is available for pool pumps installed between April 1, 2010 and September 30, 2010. So act now for a better swimming experience this summer.

To print the $200 Energy-Efficient Pool Pump Rebate, view a list of qualifying pool pumps, and trained pool-pump installers, go to efficiencyvermont.com/poolpumps or call Efficiency Vermont, toll-free, today at 888-921-5990.

Troy’s Comments
In the Bennington VT real estate market, we don’t see a lot of in-ground pools, but there are plenty of above-ground pools. A pump and filter system is critical to the health of the pool. Have a happy and energy saving Summer!

Convenient and comfortable laundry rooms are an increasingly popular feature among home buyers.

Tom Byrne, president of Rockville, Md.-based Chadsworth Homes Inc., says they are more popular than such features as studies and media rooms.

“In the past few years, 30 percent of the homes we build … have a laundry room with granite countertops, a single-level kitchen-style faucet, and the laundry tub will be an undercounter sink,” Byrne says.

Stephen Melman, director of economic services for the National Association of Home Builders, concurs.

“These rooms are becoming larger and more multifunctional, with organizers, a table for folding, ironing stations, and windows with a view,” Melman says.

Source: Washington Times, Carisa Chappell (5/14/2010)

In the Bennington VT real estate market, we have mostly older homes and laundry rooms are usually in the basement, but if you have the extra room to create a laundry “room” it will definitely add value to your home.

Reprinted with permission.