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New Green Homes Grant

The announcement from Rushi Sunak on 8th July 2020, sounded fantastic for Green Energy, and improving the cost of energy to the climate. The offer of a voucher, to the value of £5000 for all homeowners looking to replace their boiler, or improve their insulation or replace double glazing, all intended as a means to boost the economy and reduce unemployment looked good as a headline, in that five minute scramble before the government briefing. Fabulous! So many homeowners now thinking yes - I can do that if I will get a voucher. That is until you take a little look under the bonnet. The truth is this is a scheme that needs far more consideration. There are lots of questions that remain at large, how will it be regulated, who will check the installations, what are the criteria, will it be means tested, will it depend on the age of your property, will it cover works that have been done recently? This will not be clear until the scheme goes live in September. We have...