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nannytone_2

It's me again with yet another question!

I was reading up on the warm front grant thing. It says if you receive one of the qualifying benefits (which I do) you can have up to £3500 worth of insulation and energy saving improvements. What it doesnt make clear (to me anyway!) is, do they do the work up to that amount, (I'm not looking for that much anyway, just cavity wall and loft insulation) or do they expect you to contribute and they fund the rest? I live in a very cold house and my partner has been on short time at work now for over a year, so we would be unable to even partially contribute. I'm waffling again lol I know it's a bad habit, but at least I'm aware I do it!

chelleybelley

as far as i know they will send someone around to your property and let you know what things they can do for you and tell you what you will be entitled to, i think that the limit of £3500 is available for you because of the benefit entitlement and they have a capped amount from the government, the cavity wall and loft insulation would be nowhere near the £3500, so as far as i know you would not need to contribute any amount towards it if you qualify.someone im sure will be along to correct me if im wrong.

nannytone_2

Thank you! I might as well apply, and who knows, someone may be round before next winter (ive heard that it can take ages, but when youre being offered something free, you shouldnt really complain)

globalds

If I could give one piece of advice ..From my experience.

Check the work is done properly.

It may not be your money ..But these guys are being paid well ...But the ones who did work for me and a relative cut some corners ..

nannytone_2

ok, thanks for the warning. hopefully with loft insulation, there wont be a lot they can do wrong...........unless they set fire to my roof lol i shouldnt tempt fate so fingers crossed lol

TheBottomLine_2

I had a new central heating system installed last year under this scheme. The fitters were Blue Flag, and the system is state of the art! Shortly afterwards a Blue Flag inspector checked the installation was up to scratch, then another inspector came from Warm Front, so it's definitely installed to standard.

If you are only having insulation it will almost certainly be below the £3500 limit, so you won't have to pay anything at all. Go for it!

notsorichandnotsofamous

I had my central heating and cavity wall insulation installed under the warm front grant last March and didn't need to contribute a penny.
I had lived in my house for 21 years without any kind of heating ,so it was the full system installed - boiler and 5 radiators
Loft insulation and cavity wall insulation will be well under the £3500 limit

kingfisherblue

My new boiler will be fitted on Thursday :j

codwidow

We qualifed for this last year just as our boiler broke. The waiting time was about three weeks and someone came and fixed it then two other people came out and checked the work done we already had loft insulation and have an old house so couldnt have cavity wall insulation done. I cant recommend them enough

SailorSam

The grant is given against the property not just the person.
Say for example you received the full grant of £3500 and had work done costing only £2500 they would leave the remaining £1k in credit, then at sometime in the future if you needed more work perhaps you were renewing the boiler at a cost of £1250, you would then get your £1k credit so would only have to pay £250.
But if you'd sold your house to someone who was also on benefits and entitled to the grant, and they tried to claim they wouldn't get the full £3.5k, they'd be told a grant has already been given to that house and £2.5 taken so they would only get £1k.