Home energy grants

[michael N123]

Anyone used it for a new boiler ?

Got someone from switch energy network being very pushy just about sounds to good to be true… want to fit a new boiler air source heat thing solar panels and insulation at no cost to me alledgadly

 

[Dave6170]

I haven’t heard many good reports about air source. Can be very expensive on electric!

 

[serf]

Anyone used it for a new boiler ?

Got someone from switch energy network being very pushy just about sounds to good to be true… want to fit a new boiler air source heat thing solar panels and insulation at no cost to me alledgadly

If it sounds to good to be true ....

 

[Farma Parma]

AFAIK if ya on benefits you will get it all for nowt
Otherwise forget it.
If you need Solar Panels its all done without any VAT if that helps, even the battery.
do them seperatly you pay VAT on the other.

 

[melted welly]

There’s a scheme to replace oil boilers in rural properties with ashp and solar panels, upgrade plumbing and insulate walls. Criteria in Scotland is household income below £31k/annum, and the property needs to have a certain epc rating which I can’t remember. It is a govt grant worth in the region of £30-40k per property.

 

[som farmer]

we thought to good to be true.

came and installed a brand new, high quality, outside oil boiler, exactly as was there. Completely free, and checked our system for any faults.

cousins got an air heater, installed new, when l/lords built a new house for him.
it works, cannot get anyone to service it, estate don't want to know, and costs a lot to run, makers went bust.

l always ask if any do double glazing, lofts been insulated twice, weekly phone calls to do it again !! But double glazing, no, need to replace some old wooden windows, own pocket l expect, again.

 

[Pistonbroke]

There’s a scheme to replace oil boilers in rural properties with ashp and solar panels, upgrade plumbing and insulate walls. Criteria in Scotland is household income below £31k/annum, and the property needs to have a certain epc rating which I can’t remember. It is a govt grant worth in the region of £30-40k per property.

Same here in Wales. The firms are a bit vague about how much can be spent,I think the bigger the house,the bigger the budget. Seven farms up a no through road near here and four are being done. 18 tradesmen working in one house at the same time at one

 

[Still Farming]

As soon as you mention a Farm ,even if your on qualifying benefits , and you got a cold,old , poor energy rated, fossil fuel coal etc fires they rarely get past the starting blocks and the phone goes dead.

 

[som farmer]

l have a secret weapon, classed as disabled.

for which l receive a PIP, personal independent payment, unfortunately, on the list of 'benefits' to claim on lots of things, PIP isn't included.

 

[michael N123]

AFAIK if ya on benefits you will get it all for nowt
Otherwise forget it.
If you need Solar Panels its all done without any VAT if that helps, even the battery.
do them seperatly you pay VAT on the other.

My Girlfriend claims one of the qualifying benefits so I can claim if it’s true.. also got these lot sending me messages

 

[Still Farming]

My Girlfriend claims one of the qualifying benefits so I can claim if it’s true.. also got these lot sending me messages View attachment 1148660View attachment 1148661

Tell them your a farm and farm business see what happens?

 

[michael N123]

Tell them your a farm and farm business see what happens?

Technically I’m a farm worker and my house is separate

 

[Still Farming]

Technically I’m a farm worker and my house is separate

Not farm location or address then?

 

[Yale]

As soon as you mention a Farm ,even if your on qualifying benefits , and you got a cold,old , poor energy rated, fossil fuel coal etc fires they rarely get past the starting blocks and the phone goes dead.

Folks have had the whole lot done on the farmhouse, a fortune spent, all no cost to them.

Company which did the install are from south wales, contact them and ask for Keith.

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[michael N123]

Not farm location or address then?

No I’m a mile from farm in local village

 

[ollie989898]

I'd rather shove needles in my eyeballs than allow random tradesmen I don't know into my place and have them replace my stoic and very simple and reliable boiler with some new fangled condensing thing or an air source heat pump which consumes electricity faster than the large hardon collider going at full tilt.

 

[melted welly]

Not farm location or address then?

If it’s a similar scheme to Scotland, it is the tenant/householder who qualifies, nothing to do with the property owner. Estate has had several properties done. The properties qualify because the tenants fall below the earning threshold either through their income or by being on the dole.

 

[serf]

came and installed a brand new, high quality, outside oil boiler, exactly as was there. Completely free, and checked our system for any faults.

Why and who done that ?

 

[michael N123]

I'd rather shove needles in my eyeballs than allow random tradesmen I don't know into my place and have them replace my stoic and very simple and reliable boiler with some new fangled condensing thing or an air source heat pump which consumes electricity faster than the large hardon collider going at full tilt.

My boilers reliable but be 25+year old and rattles abit

and the solar panels they fit alledgadly offset the electricity the heat pump uses but It just doesn’t sit right with me

 

[Still Farming]

If it’s a similar scheme to Scotland, it is the tenant/householder who qualifies, nothing to do with the property owner. Estate has had several properties done. The properties qualify because the tenants fall below the earning threshold either through their income or by being on the dole.

The landlord got to agree if any alterations to his property whatever?