Tuesday 19 April 2011

We can organise your insulation now

Loft or cavity wall, whatever you need.
  • Typical jobs cost £150-200, and pay back within 1-2 years or less 
  • One of the most cost-effective actions you can take
  • Some people can get insulation completely for free 
  • VAT on home insulation is  only 5%

If you've had a survey in 2011, we'll have talked to you about this already. But if we came to your property last year then we'll need to have another quick chat to explain how you can take advantage. Fill out the form below and we'll be back in touch to explain the next steps.



Who gets free insulation these days?

People keep asking us this, and it's strange that it's so hard to find out the right answer. Hundreds of millions of pounds a year are spent on this, but it's not very transparent at all. If you want to know exactly who gets what, well then you have to pick through a bunch of horrendously complicated government documents

Anyway, we've done the work for you and here for the record is the answer. To be considered a "Priority Group" for energy saving, you must be :
  1. Age 70 or over, or 
  2. In receipt of 
    • council tax benefit
    • housing benefit
    • income support
    • an income-based jobseeker’s allowance
    • an attendance allowance
    • a disability living allowance
    • a war disablement pension including mobility supplement or constant attendance allowance
    • a disablement pension  which includes a constant attendance allowance
    • state pension credit, or
  3. Earn under £16,040 and be in receipt of
    • child tax credit
    • working tax credit

So there you go. There aren't actually any hard and fast rules about what you can get for free, exactly, but in practice if you're in one of the Priority Groups above, then you can usually get your insulation for free, and if you're not you can get about a third or a half of the cost paid for.

There are also some "Super" priority groups now too, but I think we'll come back to that another day.