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Cost of connecting electricity to house

  • 25-01-2015 6:01am
    #1
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭


    I am nearing the completion of a house build. I bought the house unfinished in an estate where alot of the other houses had been finished years before I bought mine. There is already supply at the street. I'm just wondering does anyone know how much connection to the actual house would cost?


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  • #2
    stringbean
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭stringbean


    I'm based up North and the prices are a disagrace, got a quote last week from NIE for connection for £9k - about 200 yards from the transformer - ridiculous but we've no choice to pay it!

    As I say that is for up north, hopefully a lot less in the rest of the country


  • #3
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    stringbean wrote: »
    I'm based up North and the prices are a disagrace, got a quote last week from NIE for connection for £9k - about 200 yards from the transformer - ridiculous but we've no choice to pay it!

    As I say that is for up north, hopefully a lot less in the rest of the country

    That sounds extortionate. The distance from the meter box to the connection point in my case is only about 10 metres so hopefully the connection fee is alot than less what you were quoted.


  • #4
    bee06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,514 ✭✭✭bee06


    It's 1805 euro for 12kVA and 2444 euro for16kVA. Google new electricity connection to bring up the ESB networks page with all the info you should need. It also takes up to 12 weeks so if you're nearly finished you'd want to get cracking.


  • #5
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    bee06 wrote: »
    It's 1805 euro for 12kVA and 2444 euro for16kVA. Google new electricity connection to bring up the ESB networks page with all the info you should need. It also takes up to 12 weeks so if you're nearly finished you'd want to get cracking.

    Thanks. Had a look at that but thought it was just a standard charge for rural locations. Thought it might be a little cheaper as it is part of an estate and supply is already at the street. I'll get onto them this week. Hopefully if they're in the area they can do it quicker than 12 weeks.


  • #6
    Chisler2
    Registered Users Posts: 438 ✭✭Chisler2


    aido79 wrote: »
    Thanks. Had a look at that but thought it was just a standard charge for rural locations. Thought it might be a little cheaper as it is part of an estate and supply is already at the street. I'll get onto them this week. Hopefully if they're in the area they can do it quicker than 12 weeks.

    What was your source of power for tools and machinery throughout the building work? Did the contractor bring generators or how was that managed? Would I need to have the power-supply before the builders arrive or time ESB connecting supply to completion-date?


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  • #7
    db
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭db


    The builders will need to supply power for their own tools. You can't get an electricity connection until the house is almost finished and the electrician has signed off on the house electrics. As said above you should start discussing it with the ESB early in case there are any poles to be moved etc. I found them very helpful when I was building but you do need to apply a couple of months before you need it. Unfortunately the same could not be said for some other service providers.


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