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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23:09 PM, 8th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Sam.
Lol

Are these flats off grid. No gas at all. Electric only.

Are these definitely solid no cavities

Email me full details postcodes etc
. Mike Wakefield

Sam Wong

23:37 PM, 8th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Thanks your response Mike.
St Augustines Court, 269 Hagley Road Birmingham B16 9JU.
Corner of Hagley Rd and St Augustines Rd.
1959 building. Solid concrete columns and beams construction with part cavity (< 2") brick wall and part solid back to back block work infill. Part UPVC double glaze and part original wood frame single glaze. Serious condensation and black mould infestation.
Some tenants say they pay £10/day for heating in the winter and the flats are still cold.
.

6:52 AM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Sam

Please send me a direct email
Michael.Wakefield3@btinternet.com

I will check this out. On my dea training next three days but I'll try answer in between

7:34 AM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Sam I'm trying to locate on landmark. There are dozens with the same postcode. What is the full address. Number?. Appartment etc. Search landmark and let me know

9:00 AM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Mike,

Are there still options available?

I have a tenant on benfits/LHA. 4 bed terrace, ex council house in Hull. Loft insulation is very old, boiler is approaching 15 + years life and no wall insulation. I was looking at having the boiler done before the winter anyway.

If you can help at all it would be great so get some info.

Many thanks,

Paul

9:16 AM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Paul

Drop me a direct mail please ill reply later.

Michael.Wakefield3@btinternet.com

Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

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

@Paul Harsley - please complete the enquiry form which is embedded into our main article.

11:23 AM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Mark

Isn't the green deal an option where the insulation cost is repaid via an increase on future utility bills?

I did reply to any earlier posting last year and was in touch with Micheal Wakefield in Sep. 2012, who took all the details, photos, signed forms and tenant details in October 2012. However, in January 2013 he told me funds were no longer available and I did not get any insulation.

I therefore find it interesting so see your recent free insulation posting.

Kind regards

Helena

Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

11:40 AM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Hi Helena

I was very disappointed with Michael’s contacts and so was he. The goal posts were moved at the 11th hour and a lot of time was wasted.

Michael is a nice guy, a hard working chap but I feel he got in a bit over his head. We produced hundreds of referrals and Michael tells me that none of them came to anything. Property118 invested into promoting the schemes which Michael was offering and Michael invested a lot of time into the project too.

Things are different now.

If you have a Green Deal Survey completed you don’t necessarily have to use Green Deal Funding, although in some circumstances it still works, especially as a combination of measures. Depending on your tenants circumstances there are several other funding options, many of which are grant assisted.

We have now partnered with a business called MITIE which employs 74,000 people in the UK. They provide services to a large number of housing associations and Councils. They are far more geared up to deal with the demand and to keep abreast of all of the schemes.

They use a firm called Green Deal Consulting to do the surveys, MITE then work out the best funding options and if the deal goes ahead the cost of the survey is refunded. It’s the same scheme the National Landlords Association are promoting.

I feel very sorry for Michael as he thought he was going to do well but his efforts apparently came to nothing. I am far more confident in the new arrangement which seems to be far more robust.

The way the new scheme works is very simple. You pay £100 to Green Deal Consulting for a survey. They liaise with you and your tenants, inspect the property, work out what is needed and what funding options are best for you and then get everything signed up and the works completed. They even refund the £100 assessment fee on completion of works. You end up with a better property and a happy tenant. There are a lot of misunderstandings in terms of the Green Deal and I do not profess to be an expert. Hopefully Mary Latham is still following this thread as I know she's done a lot of research into this and she's got a great story to tell.

12:19 PM, 9th April 2013, About 11 years ago

Thanks Mark

Helena. Funding is available for loft insulation only if the benefits are claimed by the tenant. If there are no benefits then the options are pay or green deal

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