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Green Homes Grant

pb2010
pb2010 Posts: 2 Newbie
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If I buy a house later in the year, and the previous owner has already claimed the £5000 grant, or part of it, will I still be able to claim it?

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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    No, because, if approved, the property will already have benefited from the improvements. Why do you think it would qualify again just because of a change of ownership?
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • pb2010
    pb2010 Posts: 2 Newbie
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    Well, I’m not sure if it would, which is why I’m asking the question. Much of wording all refers to qualifying homeowners, not properties, and as a homeowner, I would be making a new claim. I was was wondering if I’d missed something in the wording that precludes it, as I can’t see anything. Can you? 
  • minaz
    minaz Posts: 3 Newbie
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    Apologies if I am doing this wrong. Has anyone applied for the free boiler green deal scheme. I am finding installers are charging extortionate amounts on top of the grant money they are getting from government. I can understand a couple of hundred pounds on top, unless I am reading this all wrong. Is their somebody at ofgem we can talk to? 
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    pb2010 said:
    Well, I’m not sure if it would, which is why I’m asking the question. Much of wording all refers to qualifying homeowners, not properties, and as a homeowner, I would be making a new claim. I was was wondering if I’d missed something in the wording that precludes it, as I can’t see anything. Can you? 
    Because, if the grant has already been used to improve the property, then any new application will fail, as the property will no longer qualify, since it will already have the qualifying improvements. 
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    edited 6 September 2020 at 4:33PM
    minaz said:
    Apologies if I am doing this wrong. Has anyone applied for the free boiler green deal scheme. I am finding installers are charging extortionate amounts on top of the grant money they are getting from government. I can understand a couple of hundred pounds on top, unless I am reading this all wrong. Is their somebody at ofgem we can talk to? 
    The Green Deal scheme closed in 2015: what scheme are you referring to?
    Ofgem does not regulate installers, or deal with consumer complaints. 
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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