Government Green Homes Grant

robprout

Morning all. 
We are in the process of buying a house that has an old conservatory on the back. It is not in good shape and needs repairs done to the flashing and sliding doors. 
I wondered if anyone knew if we could apply for the government green grant to replace the conservatory with either a new conservatory, orangery or a full extension? 
I know the some primary measures include putting in cavity or solid walls, pitched roof and under floor insulation so as long as we could include one of those wouldn't we be covered?
Thanks in advance.
Rob

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robprout said:

Morning all. 
We are in the process of buying a house that has an old conservatory on the back. It is not in good shape and needs repairs done to the flashing and sliding doors. 
I wondered if anyone knew if we could apply for the government green grant to replace the conservatory with either a new conservatory, orangery or a full extension? 
I know the some primary measures include putting in cavity or solid walls, pitched roof and under floor insulation so as long as we could include one of those wouldn't we be covered?
Thanks in advance.
Rob

 Didnt see that the grant covered a replacement conservatory? 

robprout

Yes i didn't think it would cover the conservatory to be honest but what about the others? 

robprout

Surely the fact we are improving the energy efficiency or the house by removing the old conservatory would count for something? 

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 Yes it counts to you but its not in the scope of the grant which has strict requirements on what and who it will fund 

Rosa_Damascena

From what I understand the grant is only for work from approved contractors - if the cavity wall insulation debacle is anything to go by the market will be infiltrated by cowboys; you are better off trusting your own choice builder and forgoing the "grant".

Davesnave

_shel said:

robprout said:

Morning all. 
We are in the process of buying a house that has an old conservatory on the back. It is not in good shape and needs repairs done to the flashing and sliding doors. 
I wondered if anyone knew if we could apply for the government green grant to replace the conservatory with either a new conservatory, orangery or a full extension? 
I know the some primary measures include putting in cavity or solid walls, pitched roof and under floor insulation so as long as we could include one of those wouldn't we be covered?
Thanks in advance.
Rob

 Didnt see that the grant covered a replacement conservatory? 

I would be outraged if it did. Conservatories are typically fuel-inefficient, temporary structures tacked onto the permanent building. If somebody wants a posh one with lots of insulation, they can pay for it themselves, like I did!

Rosa_Damascena

Davesnave said:

_shel said:

robprout said:

Morning all. 
We are in the process of buying a house that has an old conservatory on the back. It is not in good shape and needs repairs done to the flashing and sliding doors. 
I wondered if anyone knew if we could apply for the government green grant to replace the conservatory with either a new conservatory, orangery or a full extension? 
I know the some primary measures include putting in cavity or solid walls, pitched roof and under floor insulation so as long as we could include one of those wouldn't we be covered?
Thanks in advance.
Rob

 Didnt see that the grant covered a replacement conservatory? 

I would be outraged if it did. Conservatories are typically fuel-inefficient, temporary structures tacked onto the permanent building. If somebody wants a posh one with lots of insulation, they can pay for it themselves, like I did!

My understanding is that these grants don't apply to any new extension - am I right? 

Chazzer1

Hindsight is a great thing and in hindsight I probably wouldn't have applied for a grant from the Green Homes Grant scheme last October! I was surprised to find they are doing checks with the Land Registry and Experian before we can get a voucher, which we're still waiting for!! (The insulation would have been quite useful in this cold weather!!) I wonder whether I should have clocked they would do these checks, or were they buried in the small print?!

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 Why experian? 

 I'm still waiting on my grant and its only bern 6 weeks but getting impatient as its cold 

Davesnave

Rosa_Damascena said:

Davesnave said:

_shel said:

robprout said:

Morning all. 
We are in the process of buying a house that has an old conservatory on the back. It is not in good shape and needs repairs done to the flashing and sliding doors. 
I wondered if anyone knew if we could apply for the government green grant to replace the conservatory with either a new conservatory, orangery or a full extension? 
I know the some primary measures include putting in cavity or solid walls, pitched roof and under floor insulation so as long as we could include one of those wouldn't we be covered?
Thanks in advance.
Rob

 Didnt see that the grant covered a replacement conservatory? 

I would be outraged if it did. Conservatories are typically fuel-inefficient, temporary structures tacked onto the permanent building. If somebody wants a posh one with lots of insulation, they can pay for it themselves, like I did!

My understanding is that these grants don't apply to any new extension - am I right? 

One would think not, because a  new extension would have to meet insulation standards in the Building  regs, so any upgrade on those ought to be met by the person building.

However, when we were extending and improving a few years ago we could have had a monetary boost via the Renewable Heat Incentive, which was effectively an eco upgrade that would eventually return all the extra £ we'd need to spend on it. The extra was so much we didn't do it, and our closest local firm installing the new tech proved itself a cowboy outfit, so  on the whole I'm glad we didn't!