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Neighbouring Solar Panels?
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I know nothing about solar panels and am sure everything would be OK BUT thinking back to the problems caused when slates were being replaced with heavier tiles. -
As it's a semi-detached I'd just want to check the roof structure hasn't been compromised and, depending on the type and method of fixing the panels, that the roof isn't susceptible to damaging gusts. Otherwise no problem at all with them.
I second that! My friend had solar panels installed, but the roof timbers had to be re-inforced first, to take the weight.:snow_grin"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow........":snow_grin0 -
The house that you are thinking of buying will be very cold and damp, due to he neighbours solar panels taking all the sunlight.0
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iron_bored wrote: »What on earth are you on about? The same amount of sunlight will still hit the house the OP is looking at buying?!?!
The UV rays will be diverted to the solar panels to produce electricity, thereby leaving less sunlight and warmth in the surrounding area.0 -
The UV rays will be diverted to the solar panels to produce electricity, thereby leaving less sunlight and warmth in the surrounding area.
I had no idea about that - I can't get my head around how that happens though? Can you explain how solar panels are able to "divert" UV rays, which I always learned travel in a straight line???0 -
iron_bored wrote: »I had no idea about that - I can't get my head around how that happens though? Can you explain how solar panels are able to "divert" UV rays, which I always learned travel in a straight line???
I think ILW is having a bit of a leg-pull.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
iron_bored wrote: »I had no idea about that - I can't get my head around how that happens though? Can you explain how solar panels are able to "divert" UV rays, which I always learned travel in a straight line???
Osmosis...0 -
It wouldn't bother me at all, but it might encourage me to go and meet the neighbours to ensure I like them as they are likely to be there for the long term otherwise they wouldn't have bothered to get the solar panels installed.
Also, it is actually a good sign that they like the neighbourhood and want to stay (unless of course they are the neighbours from hell and everyone is moving because of them!)0 -
More to the point - would you buy a house that was paying you £1500 a year? I think the free electricity and FIT payments if the panels were paid for would actually be quite a big incentive to a buyer.
Still trying to work out which company to install ours, any recomendations by PM would be welcome:)
No, I'd buy the house I want to live in, any income on top would be a bonus, and I certainly would not pay market rate for that income. Don't assume everyone buys a house as an investment - most people don't.
If the buyer has to borrow an extra £15k to buy a house with SP's then the repayments on their mortgage will be £1,060pa higher, so they won't be getting £1,500 per year. Factor in that the borrower may then be on a worse interest rate due to the LTV ratio being worse, as the higher purchase price erodes the deposit and the net income may become very small indeed.
It's a great return if you plan to stay in the same house for the next 15 years but anyone who has the slightest possibility of moving home in the next 5-10 years should think long and hard about what they're doing as I can't see them getting their initial capital expenditure back, which will ultimately wipe out the investment.0
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