In residential applications, 120 V is needed for smaller appliances and lighting circuits. Some residential applications, such as electric water heaters, stoves, clothes dryers, and air conditioners, ...

The kitchen, also newly fitted, comes with base and wall units, a stainless-steel sink and drainer with a mixer tap, a fitted Lamona electric oven and grill, an electric hob, and a glass splashback.

Using magnetic fields for fast, energy-efficient cooking, induction hobs may be old technology, but they still feel like magic. However, they only work with the best specialised induction pans.

"No extension cords whatsoever," Martinez says, referring to devices that run constantly or appliances with a heating element ...