Downpatrick · Strangford Lough · Portaferry
Lough shore and Lecale: solar for Downpatrick, Strangford and Portaferry.
Downpatrick is about 40 minutes south-east of Belfast, with Ballynahinch, Saintfield and Crossgar on the way, Killyleagh and Strangford on the lough shore and Portaferry a short ferry hop across the narrows. All of it is regular ground for us.
Local knowledge
How we work in Downpatrick and Portaferry.
Lecale is mostly rural: farms, bungalows and period houses on their own plots, with Downpatrick's Georgian core and the older streets of Portaferry, Strangford and Killyleagh — several of them conservation areas — adding the design-with-care jobs. Big plots and outbuildings mean the best roof is often a shed rather than the house; period cores mean rear-face arrays, slate-friendly fixings and an honest conversation about what's permitted before anything is ordered.
Oil heating dominates outside the towns, so solar plus a battery and an eddi diverter is the standard recommendation, and the lough-shore villages get the coastal spec as a matter of course. Strangford Lough's farms and Ardglass's harbour trade suit three-phase agricultural and commercial solar; Ballynahinch and Saintfield are commuter towns where a solar-aware EV charger is the usual add-on. We design everything off your own roof and usage.
What we install
Every service, available in Downpatrick and Portaferry.
Solar panels
Designed for your roof, installed in a day or two, certified by NICEIC electricians. From £4,200, 0% VAT.
Battery storage
Hinen, Sigenergy and EcoFlow systems that bank daylight for the evening. Solar + battery from £6,750.
EV charging
OZEV-approved home charge points from £625 installed, solar-aware where it makes sense.
Backup power
Whole-home or essentials backup that rides through outages.
Hot water diverters
myenergi eddi turns spare generation into hot water.
Electrical & EICRs
Board upgrades, certification and fault-finding from £180 +VAT EICRs.
Commercial solar
Rooftop systems for offices, shops and industrial units — designed on real consumption data.
Commercial EV charging
Workplace bays with billing, load management and the grant paperwork handled.
NICEIC approved
Electricians in Downpatrick and Portaferry.
Period homes and rural stock keep consumer unit replacements steady — the right first step before a charger or battery — and landlords and holiday-let owners book EICRs from £180 +VAT with digital certificates.
Long rural circuits and lough damp are behind most of the faults we trace here; we fix the cause and certify it, and fit smart heating controls for oil-fired systems.
Downpatrick & Portaferry questions
Asked locally, answered straight.
Can I have solar on a period house in Downpatrick, Portaferry or Strangford?
Often yes, with care. Conservation areas and listed buildings carry conditions — usually panels on roof faces not visible from the street, and consent for listed buildings. We check the address and design for the rear face where that's the answer.
Do you really go over to Portaferry?
Yes — by the Strangford ferry or round the peninsula via Newtownards, whichever suits the day's run. Same price basis as Belfast.
Is solar worth it for an oil-heated farmhouse in Lecale?
Usually. Daytime generation runs the house, the battery carries the evening and an eddi diverter pushes surplus into the hot-water cylinder so the boiler does less for much of the year. Farm sheds with a daytime load are a stronger case again.
How is my system connected to NIE Networks?
G98 notification after install for systems up to 3.68 kW per phase; a G99 application approved first for larger solar-plus-battery systems. Rural single-phase lines sometimes carry an export limit and we design to it.
Do you cover Ballynahinch, Saintfield and Crossgar?
Yes — they're on the way, and all three are regular ground for surveys and installs.
Ready when Lecale is.
Free survey, honest numbers, NICEIC certification — and 0% VAT on solar and batteries.