Basically we are in the fortunate position to own the house next door to our own and we rent out this second house.
The second house has an outbuilding (a large garage) that we have separated off from the rental house for use by me as a workshop.
I am hoping to put 5KW of PV on the roof of the garage and connect it to my house but I am mindful if I ever need to sell the second house then that would mean selling the outbuilding and changing the solar setup.
Currently the outbuilding can be supplied by my house or the rental house (They are not connected together - there is a feed available from both houses and an electrician just needs change the tails in the consumer unit to one or other of the supplies).
My current thought is:
- Apply to the DNO for permission for this system as if it is part of my house (I already have permission for 5KW on my house). I would probably ask for 8KW extra.
- Install a the inverter and a battery stack in the outbuilding
- Run an ethernet cable from my house to the garage so that I can put a CT clamp on my supply for the inverter in the outbuilding
If I was ever to sell the house (or both houses) then I would just decommission the outbuilding solar (and probably leave it to the purchaser to sort out how they want to deal with it - or I could apply for DNO for the second house and get connection changed over (the main issue would be CT clamp to the rental house).
I am after feedback to see what you all think about the proposed plan and whether or not you can see any pitfalls or things I should be doing differently?
Thanks,