I bought a house that has geothermal. Please make sure you really do your homework on who designs and installs your system!! I like how it works, the cooling feature in the summer is really nice, but the system was designed to small for the size of house and has a hard time keeping up when it cools off. We have a pellet stove as back up and it works good. Any installer would come out and quote a price, it will vary as to whether you go with a horizontal or vertical loop, and the size make of furnace/heat pump. And I would consider a back up source of heat, but that is just my preference. Can't stress enough on the homework part, once you've paid the piper your stuck, but that being said if its designed and sized right it is a really good system for heating AND cooling
Electric rates in BC are MUCH more reasonable than central Alberta...not sure about Sask...but you rarely see electric heat in my area.
Don't forget he said acerage, depending where he is looking there might not be any natural gas close by, or you would have to pay to have lines run, which would offset the cost, as for electrical it doesn't cost any more than running a regular furnace and if a new building insulated properly would cost less than an older less efficient house
Utilities are to property line...elec, phone and gas. I will need to do a well and a septic field.
