Free insulation for tenanted properties

Free insulation for tenanted properties

9:20 AM, 8th April 2013, About 11 years ago 145

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Free insulation for tenanted propertiesDid you know that landlords can now get free loft, cavity and solid wall insulation and more, especially if your tenants are in receipt of benefits?

The procedure to find out whether your properties qualify for free insulation is simple; it costs just £100 for a survey and if the works go ahead the survey fee is refunded too!

The surveyor will measure the existing insulation in the loft. Cavity wall insulation is a simple drill test and holes are filled again afterwards. The turnaround on insulations is really fast and done by approved insulation teams.

External insulation is available for properties pre 1920 which are of a solid construction. An additional wall is added and then rendered. It looks really smart, adds value to a property and costs the landlord nothing!

There are a lot of misunderstandings amongst landlords surrounding the Green Deal. I don’t profess to being an expert but I do know that a lot of the work which is completed as a result of Green Deal assessments isn’t necessarily paid for with Green Deal funding. There are several grants available too! These are very much dependent upon your tenants’ financial circumstances. Therefore, it is important that your chosen assessors/surveyors and the companies they work with to arrange funding and installations based on their recommendations also obtain comprehensive details of your tenants finances to obtain the most efficient funding. The company we have now partnered with are a FTSE 250 company and employ over 70,000 people. They provide these services to Housing Associations and Councils. They are, therefore, incredibly well placed to advise you and your tenants properly.

The problem with trying to investigate all the different schemes yourself is that you don’t know what YOU don’t know and you don’t know what you local man doesn’t know either!

It’s all very well trying a DIY approach to this but why bother when, under the scheme we have put together, you get the £100 survey fee back when the works are done anyway?

What’s the point in going to a local supplier who has a handful of contacts when you can go to a National company which is bang up to date with all the schemes available?

In terms of the £100 survey fee, I can’t see why some landlords might perceive this is an issue. Why would anybody do the research if they were not indenting to go ahead?

As I see it, the £100 is merely a refundable commitment fee.

Conclusion – if you are serious about improving your property and you want the best advice on all schemes without doing the leg work then pay your £100 to our recommended supplier, get the work done and get your £100 back. SIMPLES!

Advantages to having an assessment and proceeding with works are; increased property values, reducing carbon emissions and happy tenants as the cost of the energy bills will be lower, especially over time as we are all aware that energy costs are rising quickly.

The businesses we have partnered with have surveyors and installers throughout the country which means that customer service is fast and efficient. Remember, your survey fee is refunded when the works proceed.

How to get FREE insulation for tenanted properties

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Important note – this article was updated on 8th April 2013. Some of the comments below refer to Michael Wakefield, an insulation specialist who very kindly who provided content in the original article. We have since removed that content and now refer all enquiries to a National supplier which has the resource not only to respond quickly, but also to arrange and complete insulation work in a timely manner no matter where your properties are located.


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2:42 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Hi Mike,
Can you just confirm if your comment about "The previous responce is incorrect" was directed at me?

I don't like correcting people on a public forum however I also don't like being corrected in public when I'm correct!

Like I said in my last post:
"You have operators with a connection to say Scottish Power who have signed a contract to deliver x amount of properties fitting xy profile however true open market providers such as ourselves and SME/PLC operations Nationwide get their funding direct from the market on a £/CO2 and £/£ saved basis. This means we sell the CO2 savings to the highest bidder and set the mix ourselves, not get the mix dictated by a utility or contractor."

I & many other companies don't do off the shelf deals direct with 1 utility company as coming from a finance background I want the best price from the whole market.

Just so I'm clear there is NO ratio requirement under ECO policy for 1/3,1/4,etc of houses needing to be off-grid, on-grid, ewi, iwi, loft, etc.

There are 3 pots of money which utilities have been forced to create targeting different parts such as affordable warmth, HTT, etc.

As I've said before the only reason utilities might have imposed this ratio on you as an installer was to gain the most possible co2 savings to help them hit their targets.

Kind Regards,
Daniel Morgan
Enhance Energy (trading name of Go Solar Energy Solutions LTD)
Green Deal Authorised Provider GDPA239
info@enhanceenergy.co.uk

2:45 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Badger, I can't recommend any particular installers as I have not personally experienced their customer service. We simply provide funding to make this possible.

But, I'm also a portfolio landlord myself so I can tell you what I did and maybe you can consider the same. I got Green Deal Assessments on all my properties which told me exactly how much ECO was available per house, measures tenants could get fitted, etc which gave me a whole picture. No guess work. Just facts covered by the assessors qualifications, indemnity, etc

So long as you instruct a Green Deal Assessor you will get all the available options under ECO & Green Deal. Feel free to email me your details and EPC if you want and I'll forward them to a GDA in your area.

Kind Regards,
Daniel Morgan
Enhance Energy (trading name of Go Solar Energy Solutions LTD)
Green Deal Authorised Provider GDPA239
info@enhanceenergy.co.uk

2:54 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Mark,
Can I ask if the company your referring business to is able to access ECO without ratio requirements and if they are carrying out a GDA so consumers have the options of other ECO funded measures?

ECO is available on over 40 measures so for example few people know Solar PV is available under ECO if the main heating source is Electric.

What really concerns me about the National & Local insulation & boiler installer/lead generators is they are not governed by the same rules as Green Deal operators.

They also don't seem to have an in-depth understanding on the mechanics of ECO and confuse it with the old CESP.

Most importantly as I've said in my first post here consumers are not being made aware that going down the non-green deal path is potentially effecting funding available for other measures.

The fact that so many call centers have moved from PPI to Loft & Boilers should be a warning in itself of the companies priority of £ of customer satisfaction.

If readers find it useful they can carry out a preliminary Green Deal assessment on our own system here: https://enhanceenergy.stromagreendeal.co.uk/ which will tell consumers roughly how much they could save and which measures would be available. There's also a great tool at http://epoda.co.uk/pat/company?c=0 which is by a another software company we work closely with.

You can email me direct if you want to connect on dan@enhanceenergy.co.uk as there seems to be a fair bit of miss-understanding around the GD & ECO. I'd be happy to answer any questions if it helps people understand more as it's a product I believe in.

There is no personal benefit to me other than the satisfaction more landlords, tenants & owner occupiers understand fully the process. If they happen to use an installer who gets funding from us then all the better too. 🙂

I'm not normally resident in the UK and 7 hours ahead so there maybe a delay in my response.

Kind Regards,
Daniel Morgan
Enhance Energy (trading name of Go Solar Energy Solutions LTD)
Green Deal Authorised Provider GDPA239
info@enhanceenergy.co.uk

6:41 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

What I can say is. Npower won't fund ewi at all at present. Eon. Bgas need and want a ratio. Eco which is three parts.
Measures such as loft cavity htt narrow cavities are not effected as is boiler replacement. But ewi is an issue at the moment. Saying this I will have access to a scheme very soon were ewi regardless of benefits etc will be funded the only cost is the gdarreport. Example 150.00 and you can have ewi. Which is an amazing deal. There are no other criterias. Obviously solid wall properties only.. Of people would like to register there interest in this scheme which is coming soon simply email me Michael.Wakefield3@btinternet.com

Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

7:52 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

@Daniel Morgan - I don't profess to know the ins and out of these schemes. All I can tell you is that the business we are referring to are called MITIE, please look them up. They carry a lot of weight as they have 74,000 employees, they are a FTSE 250 company etc. so if it's out there you can be pretty sure they have access to it.

8:10 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

You don't need have 74000 employees as it keeps been mentioned to have an influence. I'm sure Daniel and I know Ican can aaccess funding.
For example ewi. And I would clarify myself as been very Qualified to discuss due to the surveying qualification. If one landlord owns 70 solid properties then funding can be achieved. If the ratio on smaller owners etc can be achieved then funding can be received. Saying all this wait a further two months and it will all change again I'm sure. At the end of the day utilities what is available. I have funding now for replacement boilers. Subject to tenants benefits

10:45 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Would there be a problem insulating a solid wall in a Grade 2 listed building in Bath?

Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

10:47 AM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

@Adrian Jones, I suspect you would be looking at internal wall insulation on something like that. I only know as I asked a similar question of our suppliers recently.

12:10 PM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Thanks Mike. Oddly enough I was discussing this with a damp proofer last week and he suggested the same. He thought a baton frame and boarding leaving a small cavity.

Do you know whether this would be covered under the scheme? The tenant is on benefit.

Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12:56 PM, 19th April 2013, About 11 years ago

@Adrian Jones - I assume you were responding to me and not Mike? The way you have described the internal wall insulation process is the way it was described to me. The funding is the complex issue and I'm still learning the intracicies how how it all works as there are sooooo many schemes and providers. However, tenants on benefits do seem to get the best deals. Where they live also seems to make a massive difference too.

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