Green Deal Update

[whinmoor]

Energy Company Obligation data | Centre for Sustainable Energy

Super Lower Output areas by Local Authority - these are the priority areas for ECO anything outside of these is unlikely to get funding. I looked at my area and it's the worst social housing estates, very few privately owned houses and very few solid wall properties.

Whinmoor - I've talked to a few landlords, (not a lot) but I'm one myself and none of us are remotely interested in Green Deal. It makes letting your property a greater risk. It's too complicated to explain to new tenants about a fee that the previous tenant incurred, if you decide to sell there still doesn't seem to be any method of repayment of the debt and if it's void you have to pick up the payment as the landlord. If your original tenant was a relatively high user and leaves the house a new tenant working and a lower user will really feel the extra payments. As you say - it's a minefield, currently it looks as though it's social housing that is going to benefit most via their tenants.

Interesting link although I'm not sure how to interpret the spreadsheet. I like the way my area (Wakefield) features prominently on the jpeg background....

It makes more sense for landlords to get their properties upgraded soon because after 2016 the tenant will be in control and can basically drive the Green Deal. The landlord will not be able to refuse any reasonable request.

 

[SRE]

It's just a list of electoral wards that hit the LSO criteria so hard up households basically. If you look on your local authority website you'll see ward maps of the area and when you match the CSE data you get a pile of streets that if you were inclined to you could knock on doors looking for ECO work.

I'll be upgrading my final property but I doubt very much it will be with Green Deal I want to use local trusted contractors - ie us .

Sedgy realistically what's the situation with boilers & swi for ECO. There's a really good blog here Sofie's blog - My Green Deal Journey that discusses in some detail the Green Deal journey of someone really committed to going for Green Deal and ECO, not someone with just a passing interest. Others are clearly saying that ECO boilers are only replacing electric heating and others are saying swi only for large groups of properties. This has been my experience when dealing with utility companies when I used to run big projects with them.

I'm half tempted to have central heating installed in our remaining electrically heated home - tenants happen to be on every conceivable benefit and the house has solid walls although it fronts onto a pavement so ewi isn't an option at the front - but I'm really put off with all the Green Deal issues and to be honest I think I'll just pay for it myself unless I can access ECO without any ties.

 

[wiggly]

sedgy,
When i had a recent meeting with energy saving trust (scotland) they advised that the eco funding 400 towards a boiler. Would only be paid to a green deal installer. And all grants would be tied towards the green deal scheme.
One of the reasons for us getting the installer accreditation.
wiggly

 

[sedgy34]

Yeh Scotland has different rules to england

 

[Eco Deal]

http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk


check here you bunch of dog pooh wafflers

 

[SRE]

Government urged to act on Carillion 120 day payment ? Construction Enquirer tough payment criteria from one of the key Green Deal Providers. How many SMEs are going to be able to wait 120 days for payment?

 

[sedgy34]

Government urged to act on Carillion 120 day payment ? Construction Enquirer tough payment criteria from one of the key Green Deal Providers. How many SMEs are going to be able to wait 120 days for payment?

we are on there register as installers and we wont be waiting for 120 days

 

[SRE]

Is the story a load of rubbish then? I used to work with them quite a bit a few years ago when they were Eaga and they were awful at paying contractors then and they used to insist on a 25k bond from their contractors. I guess it's all different now ....

 

[sedgy34]

Is the story a load of rubbish then? I used to work with them quite a bit a few years ago when they were Eaga and they were awful at paying contractors then and they used to insist on a 25k bond from their contractors. I guess it's all different now ....

No I read the same 2 weeks ago, we won't be installing for them if they think they can pay on 120 days only clowns will stand for that.