Alister84 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Advice/ thoughts welcome... SP Energy Network have provided us a budget estimate of £10,600 to provide electricity to our new build. We are building in the field next to our existing house which we have a dedicated supply for from an existing pole on our land, we own all the land between said pole and the new house. The estimate is for SP digging only 2m, laying 130m worth of cable and connecting the new supply. Apparently its fine for me to dig 128m trench but i'm not allowed purchase cable or place in trench for them to then connect - is this right? Obviously fine with SP digging the last 2m and connecting the supply but 10k for this seems off the wall! Or do i have no clue what i'm talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Post the whole quote. Is a new transformer needed for example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alister84 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Not a great deal of info included in it to be honest as only a budget estimate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Ask for a full quote. that will give you all the prices. That will need to be a large cable for that run, something like Wavecon 95. I have never seen accurate prices but it is about £50 per metre, so there is likely to be £6500 worth of cable. You present house has a single transformer just for your one house. That will likely need to be swapped for a bigger transformer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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