We have an 1800 sq ft house, I purchased a pellet stove our first winter here and love it. Two tons of pellets heats the home all winter and barely moves the needle on the electric bill. There are also some rebates you can get for buying one. Of course, if you lose power you can't run the stove. I do wish I had a wood stove, maybe someday, but there is no chimney at our house and would have had to pay a lot more to build one to go that route.