Off the grid is a lifestyle. Cold houses aren't.

Pelham is a small, wooded hilltown east of Amherst where the homes are spread out, the roads are winding, and the winters are no joke. Most people move here for the quiet and the land. But that quiet doesn't help when your furnace dies at midnight.

Almost every home in Pelham runs on oil or propane. There's no natural gas infrastructure. Many homes are older and sit on hilltops or ridgelines where wind exposure makes them harder to heat. Proper insulation and correctly sized equipment make all the difference.

We work with contractors who serve Pelham, Shutesbury, and the surrounding hilltowns regularly. They won't make you wait three days for an appointment just because you're 20 minutes from Northampton.