Boiler Grant in rented house

Soleil_lune

Hi OP, I can't pronounce your username but HI! :j

I know where you are coming from, and understand that the couple don't want to risk using their free boiler offer, just to be booted out of the property soon after. So I would be inclined to ask the LL if they could get a long(ish) tenancy - say 2 years, or even 3? It would be awful if they used their entitlement and then were booted out after a few months!

As prince of pounds says: I would seek a long contract.

Must say though that although I know that the council give free boiler offers; I find it odd that the council would give a new boiler offer to someone living in a house they don't own or have a very long term tenancy on. At the end of the day, landlords all over the place are going to benefit from free boilers when they are not entitled to them. Do the council know that your son and family are only privately renting the house they are offering the free boiler for?

Don't mean to be rude sorry: I just wondered...

G_M

Nothing to do with the council (though that does not alter the validity of your point).

Yes, if the tenant qualifies, and LL agrees, a grant is available.

http://www.boilergrants.info/form5.php

cmhbyandco

The boiler isn't free, they have to pay £500 towards it but it is a fraction of the original cost. Also the scheme is through the government & not directly through the council. They are entitled because they are in receipt of working tax credit & child tax credit.
It's all above board.

I'm sure other LL will ask their tenants in the future as this is a new scheme.

Thank you for your reply

clark24

In general the rest of the cost of the boiler (cos nothing is ever really 'free') is recouped by the energy companies adding a charge onto the gas bill. So it's almost like a loan, you pay a certain amount extra each month with your usual gas bill, until it (and the interest) is paid off...

But as new boilers are more energy efficient, and therefore cost less to run, the bill will not change much at all.

But the tenants will, in effect, pay for the new boiler via their gas bill.