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Hi All, after some advice regarding a new build property.
I am buying a house where the garage was previously the sales office, which had electrics. Now they have moved out, all electrics have also been ripped out and the garage doesn't even have a supply at all.
I've attached two photos below to show the issue. The electric meter is in the white box on the side of the house, and the developers added the downward cable which went under the drive (a nice garden at the time) into the garage with a consumer unit/RCB.
Now all this has been ripped out leaving the below. This isn't the final driveway, just the hardcore level so far.
I'm not best pleased about it, and the developers are looking into the additional cost. However, if I've got to pay for a supply I want something decent that would charge an electric car if I had one in the future. Would 30 amp be enough (I don't want a pathetic 3 amp lighting only circuit)?
The other issue is how the hell can I run a cable to the garage without ripping up the drive.
Obviously I'll get an electrician in.
However, is it acceptable to have a cable going downwards on the external wall as in the first pic? I know it's not the most sightly, but does it have to be in the wall void?
Secondly, I could dig out that gap to get it in the ground (I'm unsure how deep it goes as it's soil and rubbish at the moment), although I'm sure I'll hit the foundations to the house and won't be able to go any deeper.
To get the cable in the garage, I was hoping to go under the gate where there is only a path two slabs wide and then garden (I'm happy to rip that up).
Originally I was thinking getting the supply from the consumer unit in the utility, but how would I get the cable to it. Therefore, I assume it's acceptable to have a separate consumer unit in the garage (I'm happy with that)?
I am buying a house where the garage was previously the sales office, which had electrics. Now they have moved out, all electrics have also been ripped out and the garage doesn't even have a supply at all.
I've attached two photos below to show the issue. The electric meter is in the white box on the side of the house, and the developers added the downward cable which went under the drive (a nice garden at the time) into the garage with a consumer unit/RCB.
Now all this has been ripped out leaving the below. This isn't the final driveway, just the hardcore level so far.
I'm not best pleased about it, and the developers are looking into the additional cost. However, if I've got to pay for a supply I want something decent that would charge an electric car if I had one in the future. Would 30 amp be enough (I don't want a pathetic 3 amp lighting only circuit)?
The other issue is how the hell can I run a cable to the garage without ripping up the drive.
Obviously I'll get an electrician in.
However, is it acceptable to have a cable going downwards on the external wall as in the first pic? I know it's not the most sightly, but does it have to be in the wall void?
Secondly, I could dig out that gap to get it in the ground (I'm unsure how deep it goes as it's soil and rubbish at the moment), although I'm sure I'll hit the foundations to the house and won't be able to go any deeper.
To get the cable in the garage, I was hoping to go under the gate where there is only a path two slabs wide and then garden (I'm happy to rip that up).
Originally I was thinking getting the supply from the consumer unit in the utility, but how would I get the cable to it. Therefore, I assume it's acceptable to have a separate consumer unit in the garage (I'm happy with that)?