The comments on that article are the best! (mirrors what's going on in this thread - are you guys logged into NP too?? haha)
There are so many of these affluent d-bags out there.
Did I read that right... they have TWO furnaces and TWO A/C units??
I ain't no heating/cooling expert, but couldn't you create dual climate for different floors by a simple (cheaper) design of controlling the flow of heat/cool from one unit by blocking/opening vents? Might take some creativity... but gotta be better than buying and maintaining TWO sets of furnaces/ACs.
I live not too far from these guys, so rest assured MMM community, if I ever see them I will deliver a 100% Certified MMM Face Punch to Mr. & Mrs. Keras.
What pisses me off the most is these idiots walk around high and mighty thinking they're 'doing their part'
Their 'lifestyle' is ridiculous. Let's see.
Since Dad is a financial analyst, he obviously works on Bay Street. 213 Coons Road, Richmond Hill to oh, lets say the corner of King and Bay Streets is 45.4 km according to Mapquest (that's 28 miles for our American friends). So 90 km (56 miles) per day just to get to work for him. Each way will take 36 min on an empty road (which will only be the case the day after the apocalypse), so realistically about 75 mins for a total commuting time of 2 1/2 hours per day or 12 1/2 hours per week.
Google maps clearly shows this home on street view, but the photos were taken when the driveway was full of service vehicles. What kind of car could he drive? Well, MLS doesn't show any homes for sale on Coons Road, but just the other side of the park behind them, homes are for sale in the 1.2 Million range, and just down the street, you can fetch a nice crackerbox for 1.7 Mil. So, let's assume Mr. Financial Analyst likes to keep up with the Jones' and drives a BMW. A 2014 Hybrid cause he cares about the environment, ya know, even though he only uses Premium gas. So he gets roughly 26 MPG or 11 km per litre. So, he burns about 40 litres a week in commuting at around 1.39 per litre, so $57 per week in gas, give or take.
So, ridiculous house (over 1000 square feet per person), ridiculous price paid, ridiculous commute, kids raised by other people, ambivalent about paying down ridiculous mortgage, oh and every damn light on in the house during the day.
I see nothing worthy of emulation.