REAL assurance

BillyH · Dec 13, 2011

I'm not going to renew my REAL assurance . I think the last month was one of the worst of my 30 year proffessional career. I honestly think i would have been better off sitting at home rather than taking on so much stress. My life has been totally consumed by pv during the last month and for what? Pleasing a load of greedy people and a few extra £££s.I have been slowly but surely turned into a performing seal by the various quangos(MCS,NICEIC,REAL What do they really do) the industy insists on implicating.
I believe i'm not alone with my views and would like to add, that a bright future,for pv in the UK, is all but doomed.
Its back to good old sparkying for me and bye bye pv
I appologise for the rant but just wanted to let it out

JD6400 · Dec 13, 2011

Markc said:
What would happen if we ALL stood up to REAL and said "No not this year, I haven't had the service I was expecting and I'm not paying you this year until you get your act together" If we ALL said this what can they do? There would be no MCS installers? I don't think so. I think they would suddenly and sharply get their back sides in gear and become what they should be. A governing body to be reckoned with!

To be honest Mark the way i see it at the moment there are no mcs solar installers in the industry for at least another month or maybe even two or more , now!? :81:

yellowvanman · Dec 13, 2011

BillyHas said:
I'm not going to renew my REAL assurance .
Its back to good old sparkying for me and bye bye pv

Same here!

Graeme Harrold · Dec 13, 2011

Well that makes 3 of us..............If by a slim chance I do get a solar job confirmed after the FIT rate is confirmed I may pay my pro rata money to them, else forget it...............

BruceB · Dec 13, 2011

I am not giving up yet. I have accepted their 10% incentive!

SolarCity · Dec 13, 2011

Yeah, us too. We use them because we have to - no other reason. We don't need regulating to behave in an ethical manner.

VMan · Dec 13, 2011

yellowvanman said:
Same here!

and here. will take the stickers off the van and headers ect, if a job comes in then renew it..

finchy · Dec 13, 2011

lol - we,ve just had our stationary and van's redone ! I have renewed it our REAL, its not mega bucks, we see solar pv part of many services we offer and deploy resources as necessary. Its a right shame its gone this way, I'm real passionate about Renewable and love every aspect of Solar pv. Including the fact that we haven't to date had any problems with customers paying..were as domestic electrical works the same customers question every aspect of the bill....but then again we was knocked 15K (electrical works) last year by a hotel going belly up....

solarsavings · Dec 13, 2011

We too have renewed in time to get the 10% discount.

If we had a choice we would not renew with any of the registration bodies we are forced to help fund so that we can work. Not one of them has our interests at heart.

SRE · Dec 13, 2011

We've renewed too - even though we haven't a job on the books. What else can you do but cross your fingers and prep everything ready just in case. I just hope there isn't another rush like the last 6 weeks I don't think we'd see it through this time.