free new boiler

[Muddle2000]

I got a call actually 2 calls from a company offering free boilers grants.Anyone know about this

I get this about 6 times a day. We do need a new boiler, so I looked into it. You don't actually own the boiler, you rent it. It was about £40/month for 10 years (might have been 15) and at then end you either buy it outright with a balloon payment or - i can't remember - maybe carry on renting?

It's meant to feel free because the new boiler is super duper efficient and is meant to bring your heating bill down by £40/month. How they know my tarriff is beyond me!

If you sell your house, the rental agreement can transfer to the new owner or you buy outright.

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We deceided against it. Seems a bit weird to own a house and not the boiler!

We got a quote from British Gas - £4K!!! and one from a Worcester Bosch approved engineer for a slightly bigger boiler - £1.7!!!!

Are you referring to the affordable warmth scheme? Free boilers are available for people on low income or benefits. There is a criteria so might be worth looking at this - it's an online form that will tell you whether your eligible.

www.0800repairgas.co.uk/affordable-warmth.php

Be careful the scheme doesn't make you install energy efficient measures / loft insulation / cavity wall etc as a condition of providing the free boiler. Not worth the hassle IMO. Different if you are eligible for the warm homes scheme though.

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