Utility connection costs

[Saints1]

Hi all, I wondered if anybody could shed some light on some of the quotes I am getting back from utility companies with regard to new connections. Whether they think they are reasonable or not? 
 

United utilities have quoted £7k for a water connection. Now the mains water is on the other side of the road so this cost includes them digging the road up and bringing it to my boundary (approx 7 meters from mains to my boundary) I will be doing all the trench work on my own property and leaving them enough pipe work for them to connect on to. 
 

Scottish power have quoted £4k to install 3 phase to my self build. Luckily the mains electric is on my side of the road so it’s a 1 meter dig of the public footpath to connect on to. Again I’ll be digging the trench on my land and placing the relevant ducting in. 
 

The gas company have not provided a quote yet as they state that there is no point until there is a gas box built in to the property for them to connect to as it will probably be past April next year when this will be completed and by then there charges will have increased. I do know that the main gas pipe is again on the opposite side of the road with the water main. So this will be again another digging and trenching across the road scenario…. 
 

so….

Water- £7k 

electricity - (3-phase) £4k 

gas - Unkown

 

 

1) Do the above quotations sound reasonable? 

 

2) Does anybody have any previous knowledge or similar situation in regard to gas being located on the opposite side of the road and could provide details of how much they were quoted? 
 

 

[MikeSharp01]

They sound about OK to me.

 

Our costs were (IIRC):

 

Re-route Electricity from old house overhead to utilities block by the pole (pole on our land) down the pole along a 400mm trench, which we dug, and up into the meter box: £1200+VAT (2018)

Move gas from the old house, which we knocked down, to utilities block in trench we dug and then remove it completely when we decided not to have gas £840+VAT (2018 / 2021)

 

Do you really need Gas, might be worth working out if a ASHP might be a better solution if you are building a well insulated / air tight property.