Knocking 2 Cottages into one house

BeauBelle

Thanks everyone for your input.

Have been wondering what happens with the utilities. If there are 2 cottages, I assume that there will be 2 gas meters, 2 electric meters etc etc. Is it just a case of calling whichever company owns them to have one taken away? Or not this simple?

Would I also need them to install different meters or would the current cottage ones be able to cope with twice the amount of house IYSWIM?

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Owain_Moneysaver

BeauBelle wrote: »

Thanks everyone for your input.

Have been wondering what happens with the utilities. If there are 2 cottages, I assume that there will be 2 gas meters, 2 electric meters etc etc. Is it just a case of calling whichever company owns them to have one taken away? Or not this simple?

Would I also need them to install different meters or would the current cottage ones be able to cope with twice the amount of house IYSWIM?

The simple answer is "it depends".

If the cottages have 100A electricity supply each then one should be adequate even for the larger single dwelling.

If they have old 40A supplies then you would need to get one supply uprated and the other removed.

JC_Derby

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

The simple answer is "it depends".

If the cottages have 100A electricity supply each then one should be adequate even for the larger single dwelling.

If they have old 40A supplies then you would need to get one supply uprated and the other removed.

umm think you need to speak to the electricity supplier to remove the meter, but also the distribution company to remove the supply. gas might be slightly different and have no idea about water or telecomms.