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£3500 towards heating upgrade???

Hi, I had a chap knock at the door yesterday from a company claiming that I could be eligible for a heating upgrade of up to £3500 if my system was old enough or inefficient enough. I can find no info on this on the Internet, only the warm front scheme for people on benefits. As we are not on benefits I am very sceptical!
Can anyone advise me on this, as I made an excuse that my partner wasn't home, he said no problem because he would be in the area Wednesday 10th and will return then!

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  • OhReally_2
    OhReally_2 Posts: 243 Forumite
    elvis1974 wrote: »
    Hi, I had a chap knock at the door yesterday from a company claiming that I could be eligible for a heating upgrade of up to £3500 if my system was old enough or inefficient enough. I can find no info on this on the Internet, only the warm front scheme for people on benefits. As we are not on benefits I am very sceptical!
    Can anyone advise me on this, as I made an excuse that my partner wasn't home, he said no problem because he would be in the area Wednesday 10th and will return then!

    #There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis
    #But he's a liar and I'm not sure about you


    Can't wait for your next thrilling instalment of how you get on when this good samaritan calls back tomorrow. :)
  • spiro
    spiro Posts: 6,405
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    In conjunction with Green Deal (which you pay for) the government has also launched ECO (energy company obligation) which means people in certain locations or on certain benefits can get energy saving measures installed FOC. It may be that this is what is being offered as there can be a top-up required from the consumer depending on the measures/cost/income or area.
    IT Consultant in the utilities industry specialising in the retail electricity market.

    4 Credit Card and 1 Loan PPI claims settled for £26k, 1 rejected (Opus).
  • Terrylw1
    Terrylw1 Posts: 7,038 Forumite
    :rotfl: It's better to live 1 year as a tiger than a lifetime as a worm...but then, whoever heard of a wormskin rug!!!:rotfl:
  • Herongull
    Herongull Posts: 1,356
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    Avoid anything sold door to door.
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