[qwikz28]

The wife and I are taking possession of a single family home sometime late winter and we will be doing some work on the house before moving in. She thinks solar panels are ugly, but I'd like to see some panels put on the roof before we move in. Our energy bills during the summer were astronomical and I can only imagine how high they will rise in a house with single zone A/C and triple the square footage of our current apartment. What makes this house ideal for solar panels is the rear of the house faces the South, so its almost continuously exposed on a sunny day.

I've seen advertisements for solar panel financing which allows you to put little to no money down, and let the savings in the energy bill pay the payments. It almost seems like a no-brainer since we will likely stay in the home for at least 5 or 6 years. Has anyone done it? Anything I am missing or should consider?