Part of the reason I started questioning buying a generator is the electrician came by to review temp service options and apparently thinks putting it in will be a pain. He's the one that said a lot of the local builders use generators while doing the framing because most of these lots near the ocean are tiny which can make temp service install difficult. The power needs to come from a pole across the street, would need to come across at least 18' above the street, which means the temp pole would need to come out of the ground 22' to accomplish that. Tight lot, not much available room to brace it off.. I've since called him and emailed him saying I'll install and brace off the temp pole if it'll make his life easier, but no response so far.
Add in bitchy neighbors, that have old cottages with no available outside plug options to plug into temporarily, and probably limited inside plugs available that wouldn't end up tripping, and thus the reason why I initially posted the generator question. I was concerned about noise not so much because of the neighbors, but because one of them rents out their cottage weekly, so my noise concern was mainly for the unsuspecting vacation renters.
Thanks for all responses, I ideally want the temp service, will see how it plays out.
