Solar Essence - 4kWp £6419 - How do they do it for that?

GaryM · Apr 7, 2012

What does the price include?

[*=left] 16 x Kinve 250W high-output monocrystalline solar modules
[*=left] Aurora PVI 3600 dual-input inverter
[*=left] Electrical cabling and roof-fixing equipment made-to-measure for your home
[*=left] Ofgem approved generation meter
[*=left] Free Energy Performance certificate (required when applying for Feed-in Tariff)
[*=left] Free cavity wall and loft insulation if required for Energy Performance Certificate 'D' rating
[*=left] Full insurance backed 10 year installation warranty

JulianC · Apr 7, 2012

Scaffolding £500 extra if needed. Wonder if the "prices from" is the get out clause to charge a bit more on anything less than an extremely quick and easy install. Sounds like they are going for the low margin high volume market.

Other than that, the usual thrown in a quick as possible installation by monkeys that are paid peanuts I suppose.

SRE · Apr 7, 2012

Free insulation is easy peasy, they will be getting a kick back of the insulation companies for this because they are so far short of their targets this year.

I'm seeing Kinve about a lot at the minute - cheap as chips?????? Where are they coming from?

How can you do a job without scaffolding? So that's £6,991 to start with.

whinmoor · Apr 7, 2012

SRE said:
How can you do a job without scaffolding? So that's £6,991 to start with.

Maybe when it's in a field. Then they'll charge for the extra long cable or ground mount racking instead :juggle2:

Eco Deal · Apr 9, 2012

you all seem to be missing the KEYWORD here which is ''From''

its a get your foot in the door price then add scaffold - bonding - mains unit etc etc EPC