Buying neighbour's garage, change electric

Scottish_Dorset

We are thinking of buying our neighbour's garage, we already rent it.  The garage is outside their garden and across the private road from us.  It has electric which the current owner pays.  Is there a way for us to keep the electric but maybe put in a new meter so we are billed?  We need electric for light, trickle charge of a few motorbikes etc.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

Keep_pedalling

Presumably the current supply comes from their house rather than a separate supply so you would need to have a new supply to the garage which is going to be expensive for such a low demand. A small solar set up may be an alternative option. 

QrizB

The simplest and cheapest option would be to fit a sub-meter to the garage and reach agreement with the current owners that you'll pay them for the electricity you use, at cost.

Installing a separate supply, or running one under the road from your house, is likely to cost four figures.

wrf12345

Or get an portable power station, charged in your house and taken over to the garage when needed 

zxzxzx

How about one of the plug in Balcony Solar kits, ok for lighting & trickle charging?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135665387976?_skw=balcony+solar&itmmeta=01K76P943FPVVRRAQTAYA7WZW6&hash=item1f964989c8:g:s24AAOSwxc5lDLbh&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eoeQxlWO0KcXxlJ7sqoy0sbMvUlfLXquxMKqvdpt22njIFsieGC2TLYTx3ZWWlerbm0YVLoSBDEXYwU1c9BoXfPVAnoNZYzNpLsS4A2d2%2BPOTjqoTnt%2BZ044qlOcrte2t1dbJiRf2BbvtCj6tZM3mlVsVD8n2zhmCWijKk0GH%2BQhon7vZv2zd0jf8%2FUkER5Om3jBlRVUAmtyqZ%2BaItmQw1VKtvc3Snle%2Fk9mt%2F3OrevkFqkkR%2BQ0X8dv%2BZ1f017Uo%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_jBpNa5Zg

QrizB

zxzxzx said:

How about one of the plug in Balcony Solar kits, ok for lighting & trickle charging?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135665387976

Those kits require a grid connection. And a dedicated feed from the main consumer unit. Also that particular seller is rather overpriced for what they're selling.

For an off-grid system, you'd want something more like this:

https://www.bimblesolar.com/offgrid/complete-packages/glamping-shed-bundles/Bluetti-Premium-200-V2-Bundle-Expanded

That's not a specific recommendation for the OP, and I think sub-metering would be a much better option.

MikeJXE

It depends how far the neighbour is away from you and the position of the connection to the garage 

Is it possible to move the connection to your property