Originally posted by Zippy
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The ground source doesn't cost much, in relative terms, about 1/6th, 1/7th of previous consumption. I will split the figures up, but you have to remember the FIT too.
We are replacing our appliances as we need to with more energy efficient appliances, but it's also learning to turn everything off, and little things like that. We've also converted fully to LED as of last weekend, and we expect that to make a big difference.
Edit to fill in stuff I missed:
I didn't realise that they started charging him for the water, I assumed he had a stream on his land. We've followed that up, and you can use it, but you have to have permission from the EA if you are altering the course of any water body. Although, on 6 acres of land, I'd be surprised anyone knew...
And finally, I have 3 daughters and a wife, so factor that into the bills too. I have to beg my eldest to get out of the showers as she will, literally, spend over 30 minutes in it...
Finally, you legally have the right to bore a hole into the aquifers beneath your land. It costs around £2-2.5k to set it all up, but you'll save heaps of money in the long term, and it has surprising pressure.
Anyway, we're moving soon to apply all of these things together, and it will be the final home too, so it's worthwhile spending the money, although my house has increased in value with all the additional features fitted.
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