[Closed] How much to move an electricity meter?

Yeah, did it in 2009.

IIRC you have to have your sparky put in all the wiring (up to a point near where the box is to go) at whatever cost that is (ours was done at the time of an extension, for which we paid £1.2k for all electrical work and certification - I would guess that portion of it to be a few hundred quid.

You will also need to source and site the box - our builder did this. As a one-off project I would say £150 for a labourer or do it yourself.

You have to book the leccy board (or their representative) to come out, connect things up to the mains, test, reset the meter (or put a new one in depending on age of the old one). This costs about £280 I think - I will see if I can find the original spreadsheet.

So, as a one-off project I would estimate around £600-£800.

Edit - spreadsheet says £334.88 for the leccy board man.

We moved gas and electricity meters a similar distance to yours in 2004. It cost about a grand for the pair of them but they only had to dig one trench.

I just run a cable from the communal lighting outside my flat, thus negating the need for a meter and in fact any electricity bills. 🙂

[i]I just run a cable from the communal lighting outside my flat[/i]

The constant running in and out the flat to press the time delay light switch on the landing can be a disadvantage to this approach.

No, it's constantly on. The light sensors are in each light unit. The don't work anyway, half the time.

Please don't tell me you're running your entire flat off of a lighting circuit?

Please don't tell me you're running your entire flat off of a lighting circuit?

Because that would be the worst thing about it.

It wouldn't be too bad, at least the total current would not be above the current carrying capacity of the cable!!! 😀