Gas/Elc/Wat estimated uses for business properties

bombowet

Hi there

Is there anywhere I can get guides to see what typical business premises use on average on there gas electric and water

Or is this site more tailed to domestic?

Thanks

Gerry1

How long is a piece of string?

The answers would be pretty meaningless because there are far too many variables.  What sort of business, size of premises, number of employees, opening hours, whether it provides goods or services, etc.

A launderette will use far more gas and water than a newspaper stall at a station !

Robin9

Is this an existing business you have bought ? If so the former owner can give details but make sure he gives you actual kwh, m3 figures rather than wishy washy about £500  a month.

bombowet

Gerry1 said:

How long is a piece of string?

The answers would be pretty meaningless because there are far too many variables.  What sort of business, size of premises, number of employees, opening hours, whether it provides goods or services, etc.

A launderette will use far more gas and water than a newspaper stall at a station !

Actully I am looking at some pubs for lease on the internet

spiro

bombowet said:

Gerry1 said:

How long is a piece of string?

The answers would be pretty meaningless because there are far too many variables.  What sort of business, size of premises, number of employees, opening hours, whether it provides goods or services, etc.

A launderette will use far more gas and water than a newspaper stall at a station !

Actully I am looking at some pubs for lease on the internet

The only way to get anything like a reasonable figure is to ask the current landlord. There are so many variables any other figure would probably be meaningless.

matelodave

As above, speak to the existing landlord/licencees. The size of the pub, the location, the type of heating, lighting, building construction etc and any one of a myriad of other stuff would have a bearing on the consumption of utilities. Its hard enough to estimate the consumption of an average three bedroom house let alone a pub with the capacity for 4, 40 or even 400 customers.

UnclaimedEnergy

Will you be offering meals throughout the day (cooking costs)
Will you be open all day
Size of pub
Does pub come with rooms for people to pay for to sleep in
Is there living accommodation in the pub which is non-commercial

So many variables with pubs/inns as everyone else has mentioned.

MWT

If you do go ahead with this take extreme care when setting up a commercial energy account as there are many out there trying to sucker you into signing up for a lengthy minimum contract period with 4 figure penalties for early termination...

UnclaimedEnergy

Also, unless you go through a broker (would increase prices due to them adding a brokers fee) - you would want to contact multiple suppliers directly to receive quotes as not all will use comparison sites, which could be a lengthy process.