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Government scheme could benifit you?
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:12:46 +0000, kay wrote:
The loan for the insulation is against the house, not against you, so if you sell the property, then the new owner's fuel savings are still being channeled away to pay the outstanding loan on the insulation. Not exactly something to encourage a potential buyer into buying... You would also want to take a good look at restrictions on who can do the work. The laudable aim to make sure the work is done to good standards sometimes means that you're tied to large national firms and you can't use the local firm who you know and trust. Depends how restrictive they are, Warmfront is appauling you have to use the Warmfront lot, provide the hay and put up with spur marks on the walls. Solar PV and Renewable Heat is much better, you have to use an MCS approved contractor but other than that the choice is yours. I've seen some suggestion that future payments for people to instal solar panels will only be given if the house has already been insulated to approved standards. Solar thermal panels and other renewable heat sources like biomass boilers, yes. Which is a reasonable requirement IMHO, whats the point of anybody investing in renewable heat if you are going to sqaunder that heat? -- Cheers Dave. |
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Government scheme could benifit you?
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:23:07 -0000, Janet wrote:
I don't know about England but in Scotland property owners can get a free energy survey (building and lifestyle, energy and car use, recycling etc) and big subsidies for insulating loft, cavity walls, doors etc. Sounds like Warm Front Nope. https://www.government-grants.co.uk/...-grants.shtml? gclid=CJ230ZqD8K0CFcEntAodZTu7tA The average working family doesn't qualify for any grants, wrong, see above. This covers Britain. May *cover* Britain but look at the eligibilty requirements on: https://www.government-grants.co.uk/...n-grants.shtml Child or Working Family Tax Credit is going to be received by most families but notice you have to have an "annual income" below £16,190, the average UK wage (individual) is about £24,000. And I suspect that "annual income" really means household annual income not an individuals. -- Cheers Dave. |
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On the other hand if they're going to squander the heat, wouldn't you prefer them to be squandering solar energy rather than energy from a coal fired power station? ;-)
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