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No Gas Supply

alphabet1
alphabet1 Posts: 4 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling
On reading through house details just about to sign contracts on a house only to find out there is no gas supply in the property, gas location outside in front garden. Does anyone know how much it will cost to have this done?

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  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/
    it'll be on there somewhere...

    Does the house have a gas boiler or is it all electric?
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    Transco - who i believe are now called National Grid - will be the people to contact to ask... it aint cheap !
  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    It cost us a few hundred quid to get a meter moved - they come and assess how much work it is - but there was a chart showing you basic cost plus per m...
    I think we had to buy our new new meter box too...
  • LisaLou1982
    LisaLou1982 Posts: 1,264 Forumite
    Chutzpah Haggler
    I think on the few occasions we've had to fit a gas supply to a property its cost around £500 - but thats where the gas pipe is within 20m of the property.
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  • kmmr
    kmmr Posts: 1,373 Forumite
    Its expensive and slow. Took me four days off work to get the job done, and I did eventually have to resort to refusing to get off the phone until they found someone to come and do the job. Total time was over 4 months.

    It's possible, but they are terrible at organisation, and have a monopoly on the work!
  • Joyful
    Joyful Posts: 2,429 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Don't sign until you get a quote as it can cost thousands. It all depends on where the nearest pipework is and whether it needs upgraded. Contact National Grid in the first instance. This can take a few weeks to get the quote though.
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  • rosyw
    rosyw Posts: 519 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper
    If the supplu is int the front garden it won't be too pricey.
    http://www.nationalgrid.com/NR/rdonlyres/4CB7C34B-59DE-4920-9504-5837E7AF26BE/42748/DomConPrices1.pdf
  • Surbybird
    Surbybird Posts: 293 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    It cost me £284 plus VAT to have a gas supply installed at my house in Hampshire in April 2009.

    I had the inital gas survey done the week I moved in and was given an appointment to have the pipe installed a few weeks later. The guys turned up at 7am on the day that they specified and had installed the pipe and supply and gone by noon. The distance from main to meter is less than 20 meters so it was done at the cheapest rate.

    Getting the meter fitted afterwards didn't cost me anything because I got my electricity supplier to arrange it and promised to use them for my gas supply too.

    In terms of timescale, I arranged the appointment for the site survey before I moved and it was done the week I moved in. I had a gas supply up and running 4 weeks later.

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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    It depends how close the nearest suitable gas pipe is.

    My parents were quoted £30k. So they went with calor gas instead.
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