Eastleigh borough is family-house territory. Chandler’s Ford and Hiltingbury are 1960s and 1970s detached and semi-detached houses on good plots, Bishopstoke and Fair Oak are a mix of older and modern, and the new estates at Boorley Green, Stoneham and North Stoneham are new-build with simple roofs and, often, an EV already on the drive. A 4 kW system, a battery and a solar-first charger is the common design here.
The industrial estates around Eastleigh, Chandler’s Ford and the airport are where commercial solar makes most sense on our patch: daytime loads, big flat roofs and three-phase supplies. A unit paying £1,500 a month in electricity usually sees a payback around five years, and the Workplace Charging Scheme pays £500 a socket towards staff chargers.