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  • Zippy1983
    Zippy1983 Community Member Posts: 283 Empowering

    In all honesty I live in a little concrete prison in the middle of civilisation. If I won the lottery I’d buy a small cottage in the middle of the Highlands away from the Rat Race. Isolation is my perfect life.

  • jonf
    jonf Community Member Posts: 467 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1081997#Comment_1081997

    that is why I love where I live but it still can be lonely

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community Member Posts: 3,773 Championing
    edited November 2025
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/139584/i-wanted-to-share-something

    @jonfGoing back to your original question

    "Shared private water from a well" - raises questions from me

    What happens if this fails for some reason ?

  • jonf
    jonf Community Member Posts: 467 Pioneering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1082649#Comment_1082649

    I cannot see my answer to you. Borehole costs about 12k to drill plus treatment devices to make the water safe. Say 20k total. Mains water 50k plus to where I am.

    Water aid can put water into Africa for peanuts but not here in the uk.

    Borehole is checked by council and service guys twice annually. It’s ok while working but expensive if it goes wrong and no subsidies. Since national ins went up my water service costs have sored.

    My water bill is around £80 pm no matter how much I use plus breakdowns If a large family lived here then it’s ok but for me it’s expensive.

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