New Boiler Scheme is it legit

comeandgo

The deal is with the boiler, so if new house owner, they have to take on the deal, a bit like some of the solar.

number73ntm

comeandgo said:

The deal is with the boiler, so if new house owner, they have to take on the deal, a bit like some of the solar.

Yes, could be off-putting for some.

MWT

number73ntm said:

The deal is with the boiler, and not myself.

That is a very large 'red flag', that is how the 'rent-a-roof' schemes ended up causing all sorts of problems when people want to sell their home.

The details should be in the paperwork, but it sounds like it is some form of lease which they would transfer to a future owner of the property if you wanted to sell.

It potentially also leaves you tied to them for your energy supply for the duration of the lease.

If you can get your hands on the actual paperwork so you can work out the details it would be interesting to hear more, but under no circumstances should you sign anything they want to bring with them but not send you in advance to review at your leisure.

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Admiral_Barbarossa

Change Boilers to Spoilers!

number73ntm

MWT said:

number73ntm said:

The deal is with the boiler, and not myself.

That is a very large 'red flag', that is how the 'rent-a-roof' schemes ended up causing all sorts of problems when people want to sell their home.

The details should be in the paperwork, but it sounds like it is some form of lease which they would transfer to a future owner of the property if you wanted to sell.

It potentially also leaves you tied to them for your energy supply for the duration of the lease.

If you can get your hands on the actual paperwork so you can work out the details it would be interesting to hear more, but under no circumstances should you sign anything they want to bring with them but not send you in advance to review at your leisure.

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They have said, that the energy supply has nothing to do with them. The energy will still be supplied from whoever I choose or am currently with.

I will ask them for the paperwork and see what it stipulates.

But I'm certainly blowing a bit colder now than I was.

Thanks for responding.

Zanderman

number73ntm said:

MWT said:

number73ntm said:

The deal is with the boiler, and not myself.

That is a very large 'red flag', that is how the 'rent-a-roof' schemes ended up causing all sorts of problems when people want to sell their home.

The details should be in the paperwork, but it sounds like it is some form of lease which they would transfer to a future owner of the property if you wanted to sell.

It potentially also leaves you tied to them for your energy supply for the duration of the lease.

If you can get your hands on the actual paperwork so you can work out the details it would be interesting to hear more, but under no circumstances should you sign anything they want to bring with them but not send you in advance to review at your leisure.

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They have said, that the energy supply has nothing to do with them. The energy will still be supplied from whoever I choose or am currently with.

I will ask them for the paperwork and see what it stipulates.

But I'm certainly blowing a bit colder now than I was.

Thanks for responding.

If I were you, having read all the warnings in the response to your query, I'd just forget this firm completely, not ask for yet more info from them!  The whole scheme sounds very dodgy indeed, and not worth touching with a barge pole.  

[Deleted User]

If this is the company, then it has been in existence for just over a year with one Director.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13160646/filing-history

MWT

[Deleted User] said:

If this is the company, then it has been in existence for just over a year with one Director.

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13160646/filing-history

They will have set that one up to protect the name, they actually trade under 'Taggas Ltd.'.

QrizB

Getting back to the opening post:

number73ntm said:

Basically, it's fitting of a new eco boiler (93% efficient), flushing of the system (worth £500), fitting of a magnet descaler, limescale and a new Hive system.
There are no up front costs, but the promise they will save you around 45% on your gas bills. The saving you make you pay towards the system / fit etc.

How old is your existing boiler? If it's less than 20 years old, there's no way* they can possibly save you 45% on your gas bills by doing what they describe. Absolute best case is a 20% reduction.

* Well, not unless they replace your gas boiler with an electric one, which would technically reduce your *gas* bill but you wouldn't believe what it would do to your electric one!

Also:

... flushing of the system (worth £500) ...

Any salesman who needs to tell you what his added extras are "worth" is likely to be a grifter. Just think of infomercials.

Ultrasonic

number73ntm said:

Basically, it's fitting of a new eco boiler (93% efficient), flushing of the system (worth £500), fitting of a magnet descaler, limescale and a new Hive system.

There are no up front costs, but the promise they will save you around 45% on your gas bills. The saving you make you pay towards the system / fit etc.

I'd suggest the claim in bold is nonsense so digging into the details of the rest of this is a waste of time.

As a general rule though I would NEVER consider any 'offer' that came via a cold call.