New Green Homes Grant to give up to £5,000 in vouchers for insulation and double-glazing

Rosa_Damascena

Petriix said:

Just a thought: is there anything stopping you from swapping out some of your old double glazed windows for single glazing so as to then claim the grant for replacing them again?

Really? Sounds like a lot of hassle to me.

I want to know when the green offer ends - a given date or when the money runs out?

debschillen

Hi, yes, I had high hopes for this, but what a joke, who has single glazed units in this day-and-age?  You also only get a voucher up to the value of the insulation that you get installed.  So with loft insulation being dead expensive (not), you won't get much towards your new windows or doors.  I wonder how long it took the Government to come up with this load of trash

Ken68

Insulating the floor here would involve taking up the carpet, and floorboards, fitting insulation, replacing the boards and maybe re=stretching the carpet or replacing entirely.Plus moving the furniture out and then back in...A lot of trouble but would make other work eligible.

heygringo1943

Hi all. Our bungalow has had cavity wall insulation years & years ago before we bought it. When I asked about re-doing it, I was told it can't be done, even though I know that it can't be doing its job as it should, because when I've done work on the brickwork, vents etc, the insulation has broken down. In this information it does say, "If you already have these measures installed, you can use the vouchers to install "top-ups"  
Answers on a postcard, etc etc etc.
Cheers GSD MAN.

Ken68

Attendance Allowance is not dependent on income, so unusual to see it as a qualifying benefit.

johnadams7

Hi, 
I was wondering if someone would know the answer to this.

 I fully own the house, however my son is disabled and will live with me for the foreseeable future. He receives personal independence payment, which is one of the benefits eligible for the £10,000 payment. 

Seeing as he doesn’t own the house, does that therefore mean, I am only eligible for the £5,000 payment ? 

Secondly, my financial advisor suggested adding my son to the deeds, so that he owns part of the property, which would then mean when I die, he would pay less income tax. 

If he was to become a joint owner, would that therefore entitle us to the £10,000 payment ? 
If so would there be a cut off period in place in terms of date I’d need to get him added. We are both willing to formulate a contract with a solicitor, setting out things for instance that I can remain in the house for as long as possible and that he can’t eject me or force sale etc.  

Lastly; depending on the answers above whether he doesn’t need to be the home owner , or if I can add him to be the home owner then  He is eligible for £10,000, I am only eligible for £5,000 - therefore would they say we would be eligible for £7500. 

We have solid walls, and of course we loose a substantial amount of heat from this. Clearly the houses render would need to be removed, the solid wall insulation would need to be applied, then the house re rendered, and then pointed. 

Clearly I don’t expect the house to be painted nor indeed do I expect to be in a better position, however, would this mean that I would pay in full for the removal of the render, the scheme would pay for 2/3rd the cost of the solid wall insulation material and labour and then I’d pay in full again to re render the house and paint ? So for instance if the job costs around 8k (front only of the house which I’ve previously been quoted and when they broke the quote down, the new render alone is £2300  , can’t recall cost of removing old render but with disposal which probably is a big factor 

alsaskiaj

tgroom57 said:

When a similar scheme gets round to Wales, I'd like it to include replacement double glazing for where the existing ones are over a certain age. As a standalone grant/voucher ie without having to sign up for a gas boiler. 

On a separate issue, I left my details with a Welsh DG firm in town and they haven't stopped ringing me - and every single time they refuse to discuss things with (the little woman) they only want to speak to the man of the house. Good luck with that.

Do you have any idea when a similar scheme will be available in Wales yet?

Mishomeister

The interesting point is, as the goverment is not happy for the vouchers to be used for the old double glazing replacement, but are happy for a brand new double glazed windows to be installed, how would they actually know if the house had the double glazed windows or not before?

It sounds like something open to abuse where the home owner and the tradesman agree to put the tick saying that the house currently hasn't got the double glazing, when in reality it does, as this benefits both the parties.

A1ps

Right, now I think I might have got this right, but, with the way the government has worded it, I'm most likely blowing my own trumpet!!!

My house was built in and around 2003. I moved into it as the second owner in 2013. It's a timber framed build which already has double glazing. So:

* I'm eligible for insulation as the house has been incredibly poorly insulated. 
* As it already has double glazing (albeit very poor double glazing with draft coming in from everywhere) I won't be eligible for new double glazing. 
* I can get smart thermostats for the heating.
* My mum receives pension credit, therefore she is eligible for this grant. 

Is the above correct? Or have I read it completely incorrectly?

SkintDarkknight

So.....in conclusion, how does one actually qualify for Double glazing/new doors??

With other stuff 1st??