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[Sir Tigger KC]

Whilst not wishing to enter the "yeah or nay" for solar PV ... I would mention a word of caution ....

My Niece and her husband have just, eventually, purchased a house where Solar PV was fitted 6 years ago. The system was NOT purchased outright as I believe Shackeng's is, but is one of the "lease your roof" type systems - I expect there is a better name but you'll get the drift ...

The house purchase took over 4 months longer than expected/planned, mainly due to the mortgage providers legal department being extremely exact (and perhaps picky) over the fact that there was a legally binding "owner of rights" to the roof, who actually have - in some respects - more "rights" than the mortgage provider ... if, for example, the mortgage  provider were to evict the owners for non-payment of the mortgage ... they cannot "evict" the "owners" of the roof but would have to ensure that the rights of the Solar company were protected throughout any eviction and subsequent forced sale of the property.

As said .. this caused many delays as well as increased legal costs during the purchase ... perhaps they were just unlucky ... I don't know ... but its something to think on .....

No I wouldn't even think of going down that road to be honest!   

[Rods2]

You can quite easily make a solar heating panel for hot water for just a few hundred pounds, which will cut down on your water heating bills.

[Shackeng]

Whilst not wishing to enter the "yeah or nay" for solar PV ... I would mention a word of caution ....

My Niece and her husband have just, eventually, purchased a house where Solar PV was fitted 6 years ago. The system was NOT purchased outright as I believe Shackeng's is, but is one of the "lease your roof" type systems - I expect there is a better name but you'll get the drift ...

The house purchase took over 4 months longer than expected/planned, mainly due to the mortgage providers legal department being extremely exact (and perhaps picky) over the fact that there was a legally binding "owner of rights" to the roof, who actually have - in some respects - more "rights" than the mortgage provider ... if, for example, the mortgage  provider were to evict the owners for non-payment of the mortgage ... they cannot "evict" the "owners" of the roof but would have to ensure that the rights of the Solar company were protected throughout any eviction and subsequent forced sale of the property.

As said .. this caused many delays as well as increased legal costs during the purchase ... perhaps they were just unlucky ... I don't know ... but its something to think on .....

Exactly the problems that have been warned against, apart from the money going straight to the Company that fitted them.

[Shackeng]

You can quite easily make a solar heating panel for hot water for just a few hundred pounds, which will cut down on your water heating bills.

True, but if you have PV fitted this neatly uses the - say 50% - excess energy generated that you are otherwise supplying to the grid for - currently in my case - only 3.2p per KW.