Connection to gas supply

pineapple

A lot of the village doesn't have gas as it was only put in a few years ago and long standing residents felt it was too costly to make the switch. Anyway I'm renovating an old cottage and the (costly) electrics need replacement anyway so have asked for a quote. Supposedly it will be subsidised though I don't know yet by how much.
Just wondering if anyone has been through this. How much did t cost and was there scope for haggling?
Having gas will probably add to the house resale value and the bills will presumably be lower but don't know how long I will be here so there will be some calculations to do.

macman

There is no fixed price: essentially it depends on the distance required from the existing supply. Who do you think subsidises it?
You may be able to reduce the cost by providing your own trenching.
Correct, it will add value to the property.

meg00

I had British Gas connect a property to the mains in the front street, (about 5 metres away) and supply an external meter. Cost £780.00, inc the trench. They did a really good job, turned up when they said they would, and relaid the tiled paving.
Npower took 11 weeks to change the elec meter leaving me with ONE working socket in the whole house and managed to cut power to my neighbour.
I did not find out until too late that BG could have done the leccy meter as well.
Good luck.

pineapple

macman wrote: »

Who do you think subsidises it?

There is an energy subsidy scheme - a bit like insulation, boilers etc that covers people meeting certain conditions or living in certain areas.
http://ces-cic.org/gasconnection.html

pineapple

Well I got my answer.
There is a gas pipe running past the property but they say they can't connect from there as 'the pressure is too high'.and it would have to be from a point 130 metres away.
Approximate cost £16,000 and possibly twice that! :eek:
Only chance of cost cutting would be to band together some of the immediate neighbours and share the cost.
Well my only neighbours are an elderly couple who are happy with their storage heaters and don't have the cash anyway, another retired couple who are already well set up with solar energy, the farmer who is happy with his enormous aga and no frills and just one potential couple currently on propane. They have cash and might possibly fork out £8,000 but I can't.:(

PS the grand energy subsidy I would be entitled to turns out to be all of £2,000

macman

So your probable options are oil CH/DHW, or E7 and NSH's/immersion heater.

matelodave

£2000 isn't bad for free - how much did you expect? For you to get a subsidy, someone else has to pay for it.

GingerBob_3

matelodave wrote: »

£2000 isn't bad for free - how much did you expect? For you to get a subsidy, someone else has to pay for it.

Not necessarily. The government could not bomb Syria, for example, and use the money to provide gas supplies to more people.

pineapple

matelodave wrote: »

£2000 isn't bad for free - how much did you expect? For you to get a subsidy, someone else has to pay for it.

Well the hype is you can get a substantial proportion of the cost if you are above a certain distance from the gas supply and meet the criteria and that does not seem to be the case. In this context, a £2000 subsidy towards a £16000 - £32000 cost is not much help.
You know nothing about me or my circumstances and I resent the implication that I am some sort of greedy freebie chaser.
Plus maybe it escaped your attention that this is a money saving site?
I've had to edit my initial response to your post. You might be OK with a ban but I have no wish to join you. Thankfully most others on here are helpful. Have a good day.