Moving away from gas hob?

Tbh I was surprised we had gas anything on this new build
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How many new houses are being sold with just electricity ? any ? other than areas w/o a gas supply.

not sure the 10K cost of heat-pumps, and heat scavenging systems/insulation are yet something the house builders have the competency and financial 'desire' to install.
 
I posted above, it costs an extra £5k on average for a new build. It’s a rounding error at most on a six figure purchase. It’s also not the builders who pay, it’s the people who buy them.

It really is a ‘no brainier’ for new builds.
 
question is - what is the return on investment for the builder, if they can't make a good margin because the customer will not get a return on investment for 10 years,
or will buy the neigbouring build with gas, their share holders/bonus's won't be happy ..
we are waiting for government subsidies (and they cancelled the cavity wall, or similar scheme recently)
[bbc had a r4 programme that suggested 10K , which seems corroborated]
 
jpaul said:
question is - what is the return on investment for the builder, if they can't make a good margin because the customer will not get a return on investment for 10 years,
or will buy the neigbouring build with gas, their share holders/bonus's won't be happy ..
we are waiting for government subsidies (and they cancelled the cavity wall, or similar scheme recently)
[bbc had a r4 programme that suggested 10K , which seems corroborated]
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£10k is to retrofit, not starting from scratch.

The issue with your argument is that people will not be able to buy a new house (which are a premium over a used one) with a gas boiler. People buy new houses because they want new houses. I really don’t think having a GSHP/ASHP is going to affect property values negatively if the system is appropriate for the property.

If anything those houses are likely to be considered premium because they’ll have underfloor heating instead of ugly radiators, have low running costs because they are so well insulated and have the potential to have tiny household electricity bills if enough solar can be put on it.

Also think about when disincentives (e.g. extra carbon levels)start being applied to fossil fuels. Sure that’s not going to be in the next decade or two but someone’s going to have to pay for all the carbon offsetting that will need to take place for older properties.
 
They should put solar on all new builds anyway, also they are like ovens in summer so more people are installing air con systems which destroys any benefits of all the eco friendly stuff.
 
I like induction hobs very much, but they all seem to have fiddly, minimalist controls and pressing + or - to alter the heat in a range of 1-10 doesn't offer much granular control, leading to food either bubbling furiously or not heating quite fast enough.
 
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