Even more info!
There’s no way of main connection, it’s nowhere near our road!
The Firewin looks an interesting one, as it can be used to heat a particular room and CH/Water. But does have a heat guard that can be raised to block room heat in the summer. Might look into this one further.
The noise problem with the ASHP is the neighbour it is close to, it won’t affect us as it would be away from the living areas. It would be within about 4 metres of his backdoor though, other than that just unsightly.
GSHP is a no go, as the land has already been excavated and landscaped, also heat recovery was crossed off due to space limitations in a dormer bungalow.
House is a new build, so no problems with insulation and why our load will be so small (9kw ish).
Already have a concrete-pad with insulated underground CH piping, electric and cold water feed to the main house, for when the biomass was supposed going outside. So this would be a prime place for the ASHP to go. Just not great visually or seemingly on the electric charges front.
Hopefully more info from the installers on its way, will be back soon….