green deal

[ambrosia]

trying to read about these goverment ideas which our politicians seem to spend fortunes setting up and advertising,

the latest 'Green Deal' which lets face it comes with a huge amount of waffle (as they all do, they talk and talk never getting to the point)
as far as i can make out is only a loan for people and only if the installer has gone through a pointless sounding training course and registered

My question is this, those of you who actually have the patients to go through these schemes have they found any real benefit

 

[lame plumber]

Schemes a waste of time as the loan is against the property, so you sell your house and loan to new owner! or old owner has to pay off loan with massive penalty charges! so far according to press three home owners have signed up!!! only people interested in being installers/inspectors are large companies due to cost implications in being registered, much klike mcs and other such schemes. only thing to work well so far was boiler scrappage scheme, simple and easy to work for all parties

 

[Deleted member 44451]

i have been given the info from my local plums to do the full course to be a green deal assesor and installer. they have a training center set up for this. i am just waiting and watching what happens because to many of these gov schemes come to nothing . it will cost me £1300 plus vat should i decide to go ahead which at this moment in time is very unlikley. it seems to me at times the goverment are expecting plumbers to keep the colleges running by keep lashing out wonga.

 

[lame plumber]

if only 3 households had signed up last sat (w/e telegraph quote) theres more assessor than users at present!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 44451]

and i thought they were all sun readers on this forum

 

[lame plumber]

dont like comics

 

[TFGplumbing]

load of horse **** in my opinion, had enough of this green rubbish being rammed down my throat. Bring back boiler scrappage.

 

[vern]

load of horse **** in my opinion, had enough of this green rubbish being rammed down my throat. Bring back boiler scrappage.

Well said! Or take vat off boilers etc

 

[TFGplumbing]

I was an apprentice when that scheme was introduced, and the firm I worked for was so busy it was good for us & the customers. Had enough of it mate the "green" movement is nothing more than a money making scam.

 

[vern]

I was an apprentice when that scheme was introduced, and the firm I worked for was so busy it was good for us & the customers. Had enough of it mate the "green" movement is nothing more than a money making scam.

I agree nothing but jobs for the boys and well paid at that ( including all the politicians)