Old house - No electric supply

[stuartturrell]

I am looking into moving into a house with no current electric supply.

There is houses locally (50 meters in distance) that do have electric via overhead cabling.

Would i need to pay for the electric company to connect me up and install the meter?

Many thanks

Stuart

 

[Spark123]

More than likely! You'll need to approach your network operator and enquire about a new supply.

 

[Lectrician]

There are some grants available to supply lecky to properties that currently have no provision, but I have only ever seen these on properties which are extremely remote from supply. 50m is not too far, and you are more than likely going to have to pay for the full cost for the supply provision.

 

[Stoday]

The connection rules were changed in 2005 and everyone now has to pay the full cost of connection. You can get an authorised contractor to do it for you instead of the DNO, but it is almost certainly not worthwhile for a single house.