Solar Panels - Which company/scheme?
Discussion
I've got a couple of appointments coming up soon and wondered if anyone else has experience and could advise which way to go or what questions to ask?
1. A Shade Greener
These guys 'rent a roof' (or the space above your roof, they say)
No outlay. I get to use free electricity during daylight hours but don't actually
own the panels and I make no profit on any units sold back to the grid.
2. Better Energy
This company sell you the panels at a reduced cost (I think)due to gov't subsidies and you
own the panels outright, selling all the electricity you don't use back to the grid.
£6-12k cost depending on size of installation. Saleswoman says the method of repayment
is to use the savings to pay the monthly repayments. Estimate 6-8 years paying off the
scheme.
Better Energy say they don't use the 'rent a roof' scheme as it's difficult to sell/mortgage a house with someone else leasing your roof, in effect. Of course, A Shade Greener dispute this.
Thoughts?
1. A Shade Greener
These guys 'rent a roof' (or the space above your roof, they say)
No outlay. I get to use free electricity during daylight hours but don't actually
own the panels and I make no profit on any units sold back to the grid.
2. Better Energy
This company sell you the panels at a reduced cost (I think)due to gov't subsidies and you
own the panels outright, selling all the electricity you don't use back to the grid.
£6-12k cost depending on size of installation. Saleswoman says the method of repayment
is to use the savings to pay the monthly repayments. Estimate 6-8 years paying off the
scheme.
Better Energy say they don't use the 'rent a roof' scheme as it's difficult to sell/mortgage a house with someone else leasing your roof, in effect. Of course, A Shade Greener dispute this.
Thoughts?
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