Cant have ev car or solar panels or gas or heat pump!

daveyjp

Not everyone lives in urban areas and just as for broadband provision, if you are in a rural area service provision can be very poor.

In a remote property with an aging electricity infrastructure, the mains fuse to each property could be below what is now considered standard so requests for higher output 7kw chargers may well be turned down.

JKenH

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81855494#Comment_81855494

No. My daughter’s friend who is a single mum receiving benefits had solar panels, whole house insulation and a heat pump fitted at no cost to her under a government scheme.

LightFlare

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81856587#Comment_81856587

cheap when someone else is paying for it - that’s the main flaw in all of these subsidised/grant based initiatives

Grumpy_chap

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One friend, had heat pumps put in but they would not put in the cladding. His costs are extortionate and their cold.

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If the house was poorly insulated after the heat pumps were installed, one has to assume that the house was poorly insulated prior to the heat pumps being installed so the same inefficiencies would have affected whatever type of heating they had prior to the heat pumps.

nologo

my electric car charger is a three pin socket, does 40 miles a night @8p kwh in winter, my 2 year old car was the same price as a petrol, I live in a rural area…

Reed_Richards

A heat pump, properly installed, will have roughly the same running cost as an oil boiler.

MattMattMattUK

Charge an EV at home, 2p per mile vs 20p per mile and an ICE vehicle average. Heat pump is the same or cheaper than other alternative options for domestic fuel (unless you have many acres of woodland and so a free supply of wood). Solar is an option for nearly anyone who owns their own house (obviously it does not work for flats). This seems to be a problem with either a lack of understanding or with not owning the property in question.

llygoden

definitely not going to get any constructive thoughts here on this forum!
not a single positive comment or word!

MattMattMattUK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81857694#Comment_81857694

You have supplied no information as to why and of the suggested options will not work for you?

You do not say why you cannot charge and EV at home for starters. The other issues seem to be related to you not being a homeowner, if you want to install home improvements you need to be a homeowner and pay for them, short term cost for long term gain.

Scot_39

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6652203/cant-have-ev-car-or-solar-panels-or-gas-or-heat-pump

you could fit your own wall charger or use a 2kW granny charger - if can park car suitably.

far cheaper than charging publically.