I currently have plans submitted to demolish a workshop and build a couple of studio flats on a piece of land I own. It's going to be a self-managed job. It has electricity, mains water and drainage but no gas. They will be well insulated and I was planning to rent them out. I am thinking of using all electric - mainly because of the cost of installing gas to the properties, fitting two gas central heating combi systems and the ongoing servicing/repair/annual safety checks etc. I was thinking electric shower, small electric water storage heater for kitchen and bathroom sinks and electric storage radiators for the heating. I was wondering about the white meter / cheap night time electricity that is used for storage heaters and just wondered whether with smart meters, if they are used anymore?
I have a smart meter in my house and according to the blurb, the electricity use is read (or recorded?) every 30 minutes. Bearing this in mind, is that not one of the benefits of a smart meter? Can it be set up to differentiate between the electricity used at peak and off-peak times or do you still need to have two meters fitted per property?
I have a smart meter in my house and according to the blurb, the electricity use is read (or recorded?) every 30 minutes. Bearing this in mind, is that not one of the benefits of a smart meter? Can it be set up to differentiate between the electricity used at peak and off-peak times or do you still need to have two meters fitted per property?
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