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Originally Posted by RickFLM4
Are you looking into solar, by chance? I have a friend building a home and they are taking a hard look at adding solar panels. Personally, I'm not entirely sold on the investment, but they are more feasible than they were in years past.
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The OP would have to check his CC&R's to see if they're allowed. Unfortunately as you probably know the majority of new construction in the Texas and the SE US occurs in planned developments which have restrictions. |
I don't know about Texas but such restrictions are not really allowed in FL. You may need to get approval but ultimately an HOA can't prevent a homeowner from installing solar panels. However, personally I'm not sold on payback and get concerned about panels smashing in hurricanes / tropical storms. Additionally, if you connect them to the grid, they won't work in a power outage. So where I live they aren't worth the investment to me personally.
We put in impact resistant glass and it had minimal impact on energy. I need to look into better attic insulation.