Dorchester is forty minutes from base and the first town where the countryside really opens up. Poundbury is the special case: its design code governs what is visible on roofs, so solar there is usually on rear slopes or integrated, and we check the current guidance with the Duchy and Dorset Council before quoting. The rest of the town, from the Victorian terraces off High East Street to the 1960s and 1970s estates at Castle Park and the newer housing on the eastern edge, is straightforward.
The villages in DT2, from Puddletown to Cerne Abbas and out towards Bridport, are on long overhead lines and lose power in winter storms more often than the coast. Battery backup is the feature people ask for first out here, and the OCEAN 2 switches over without the lights flickering.