Hi David
We talked about water meters at church, yesterday. When we got one many years ago, at least Jonathan was still living with us, if not Becky as well. Our water bill definitely went down from £30/mth to, I think, £20+. Now, with living on our own, earlier this year the DD went down from £18/mth to £17.50/mth from S Staffs Water.
Our Nov 2013 purchase of 24 PV panels has made us loads and loads of luverly MONEY!! I was so glad I put them on Les Hardwick's house, too in Feb 2014. He and the present young mum living there both benefitted and she is, too. I was so sorry I could not do it on your dad's roof. My solar electrician was so overwhelmed with work he switched off his phone and, then, your dad changed his mind. However, even with no FIT payments it is even more worth doing if your dad can switch to electric heating and cooking, as we have done. It sounds as though you and Ruth will, one day, move into dad's house and will benefit if you, this time, pay for the max PV panels you can fit on E, W, S rooves (even N, as I saw in Dornoch, Scotland!). Or, I can lend you the money (or part). With low inflation, the cost has gone down. The cost in 2013 was £8,000 and Les's bill was £6,000 for his fewer panels the following year. The cost of energy is now very quickly rising and thus inflation must be pushing up prices of PV, plus rising demand for them, too.
For Linda and I last month, Octopus wanted £11.50 for elecy and £15 for gas, including VAT. It will rocket in the winter, of course. This month's bill will come in shortly.
All the best and thanks for all your hard work in leadership on a Sunday morning. Much appreciated.
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