10284 Electric & Water Supply advice

Hi All,
Some help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
We are just entering into negotiations for the sale of a country property in Le Marche.
At the moment the house does not have water or electric near (estimated 150 mtrs ) but as part of the sale the estate agent and vendor have agreed to contect these prior to completion.

My concern is mainly around the electric connection. Because the supply has to be sufficient enough to serve one large farmhouse and two smaller annex apartments i am worried that unless we state what KW requirement we need we will only get a failrly standard 3kw. I have noticed that you can also get a 6kw supply, but what would be reccomended and what implications would this have on the future?? ie do we pay more for the supply?

Re - the water. The estate agent has said that it should be easily possible for mains water to be connected but how can we ensure that we have enough pressure or flow?

Has anybody out there had a similiar experience???? :wideeyed:

Category
Building/Renovation

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 16:45

You will probably only get the basic supply, unless you specify otherwise. Anything over the basic supply is calculated on a fixed Kwh unit cost with the standing charge worked on the supply Kw.
You have to work out what you think you may need, dependant on a lot of factors of loading etc for appliances.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 17:48

Ideally we would like electric ovens which i realise would be the biggest drain, but these could be gas if its problem.
The farmhouse is quite large but shouldn't use excesive electricty. It will eventually have a pool so will require a pump. There will also be two other small houses with oven, lights, tv, etc..
The annex building will be run as holiday accomodation but i dont want guests to go without just because we haven't got a big enough supply.
What would be normall adequeate supply for a rural multi occupancy residence? #
Roughly speaking, i think there will up to 12 residents at any one time.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/28/2008 - 18:01

For the electrical supply, it sounds as if you could struggle with less than 12KW - but it is a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question! If the new supply cables are coming 150m from an ENEL cabina, then there should be no problems upgrading at a later date. However, it would be worth asking the question at this stage.

If the water pressure is lousy, there are ways of overcoming this problem which are neither expensive nor cumbersome. Effectively you just fit a (usually plastic) water tank of 500 or 1000 litres, which collects the dribble from the mains, then when you need to use the water a pump controlled by an autoclave supplies the water in the tank to the taps. Roughly €500 installed.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 07:58

As an update, i've just had an email from the estate agent regarding my concerns. He says that it wouldn't be a problem getting enel to increase the power supply once fitted and should be just a quick phone call an minimal expense. If this is the case, i've no worries. I thought that it would be more difficult and should really be sorted at time of installation?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/29/2008 - 08:52

So long as the supply cables to your house are capable of carrying the current, the actual kilowattage available is a purely contractual matter - and yes, can be changed with a phone call. ENEL don't need to come along to change meters or fuses or anything.