A very stupid question about electricity

easilydistracted

I am viewing some houses at the weekend which will be the first I view. I am really hoping to get an electric car in the future, unfortunately due to the make up of the houses in the area I like, there are virtually no places with drives or garages, which is making the electric car plan a bit of a non starter at the moment.

I am viewing a place which does have a garage, but I have now found out the garage is in a separate block down and across the road, it is very basic and does not seem to have any power to it.

Is there any way to get power into the garage? I can not work out any possible way to get a cable installed from the house to the garage, it's too far. Is there any way to get the garage connected seperately to the grid and pay a separate fee for electricity. Or is there any way around this? I am pretty sure the answer is no, but rather clutching at straws at the moment. Not too many laughs please

Thanks

Myser

To have a new supply installed where there currently isn't one is going to be extremely costly. You would be looking at paying in the £000's

Rockingit

If all you need is trickle-charge power to charge a car, depending on the energy/charge requirements of the car involved you MIGHT able to use a solar solution on the roof of the garage (though security may then become an issue?).

tanith

British Gas do a free installation not sure what the catch is but this is the link..
http://www.britishgas.co.uk/products-and-services/energy-saving/electric-vehicles/electric-charging-offers.html

Myser

Rockingit wrote: »

If all you need is trickle-charge power to charge a car, depending on the energy/charge requirements of the car involved you MIGHT able to use a solar solution on the roof of the garage (though security may then become an issue?).

A trickle solar charger may be fine to keep a standard car battery topped up when left for long periods of times without driving the car.

However, it will not sufficiently charge an electric car's batteries - especially with the amount of sunshine in the UK!

Rockingit

Myser wrote: »

A trickle solar charger may be fine to keep a standard car battery topped up when left for long periods of times without driving the car.

However, it will not sufficiently charge an electric car's batteries - especially with the amount of sunshine in the UK!

I disagree. A 4kW system would be more than sufficient, the issue is one of cycling/charging time. It would, however, probably be uneconomic to implement!!

diable

When you look in to it you will not buy an electric car mark my words.

Leif

Look at the cost of the car, the range, the charging time and the lifetime of the batteries. Bear in mind that as the battery ages, the range reduces. And if you drive enthusiastically, the range reduces. Electric cars are expensive to run.

Alfrescodave

Have you actually been inside the garage and checked whether there is electric or not ? Garage blocks usually have at least a basic light

AndyPK

Give up on the idea of an e car. Just find yourself a nice house instead. Don't let it distract your search.

easilydistracted

Thanks very much everyone. It does seem there are some potential options out there, even if they are not particularly cheap, which hopefully makes my question a little less silly.

I would not buy an electric car most likely unless it was v basic and second hand, but could lease one for less than my petrol costs through a discount scheme at work. Am hopefully buying a forever home too, so even I do not go for it straight away, the technology will hopefully develop over time.

I haven't see the garage in person, but one in the block was open in street view and it seemed very basic indeed. Fingers crossed for my viewing on Sat.