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Grant scheme. SEAI.

  • 15-02-2018 07:25AM
    #1
    bcoll05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭


    Hello everyone.
    I'm currently beginning to renovate a standard two storey house 20 years old. I'm a plumber but no longer in the trade the past 6 years.
    I'm looking to pump walls, dry line, heat recovery, install heat pump, just purely make the house more energy efficient. Along with that a new extension to the front of the house replacing the door.

    I'm looking into this superhomes scheme & wondering should I apply & go with that & hope to get money back through the grants.

    On the other hand I have alot of experience doing most of the work myself along with a few trade friends who owe me a few favours.

    Which one would work out cheapest or better in the long run?
    The scheme sounds great I just keep thinking there's a catch do you have to get a registered builder in to over see the job?


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  • #2
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,486 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    I got work done a few years ago under a similar scheme and it had to be carried out by approved contractors listed on their web site. Not sure if thats still the case but probably is. Worth checking the T & C's of that grant and maybe give them a call.


  • #3
    bcoll05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭bcoll05


    Thanks for the reply.
    What was the work like? Do you think it was worth the money you spent on it?
    I'm just thinking the contractors rate will be higher than normal with him knowing the customer is getting money back from a grant.


  • #4
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,206 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    bcoll05 wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply.
    What was the work like? Do you think it was worth the money you spent on it?
    I'm just thinking the contractors rate will be higher than normal with him knowing the customer is getting money back from a grant.

    By the amount of the grant, at least

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #5
    mick121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭mick121


    Work can only be carried out by contractor's registered with the seai.most lads up their quote because they know your getting a grant


  • #6
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,012 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    mick121 wrote: »
    Work can only be carried out by contractor's registered with the seai.most lads up their quote because they know your getting a grant

    I'm in the same boat.

    On a self build if you do the work yourself there is no real way to get the grant ?

    If I buy the materials off a registered SEAI contractor - is that not good enough.

    It seems a bit harsh when you are actaully making the effort to considerably improve homes.


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  • #7
    bcoll05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭bcoll05


    I'm the same I can do alot of the work myself.
    Do I do the work myself & buy the materials
    Or
    Get a contactor in pay in full & claim money back through the grant?


  • #8
    ercork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭ercork


    I don't know too much about the superhomes scheme. But the SEAI grant scheme is being extended in April to cover heat pumps. They haven't announced the details of it yet but you would definitely have to get approval in advance and use a registered installer. The list of stuff they're adding is here:

    [snip]


  • #9
    Belkin1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭Belkin1975


    Under SEAI you need 4 quotes for everything, put in in form. Have to have work carried out within 6 months of application and get BER cert to get grant.


  • #10
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,012 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Belkin1975 wrote: »
    Under SEAI you need 4 quotes for everything, put in in form. Have to have work carried out within 6 months of application and get BER cert to get grant.

    It is nuts.


  • #11
    Dardania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭Dardania


    Belkin1975 wrote: »
    Under SEAI you need 4 quotes for everything, put in in form. Have to have work carried out within 6 months of application and get BER cert to get grant.
    this must be new i.e. in the last few years?


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  • #12
    kev1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭kev1234


    Belkin1975 wrote: »
    Under SEAI you need 4 quotes for everything, put in in form. Have to have work carried out within 6 months of application and get BER cert to get grant.
    Are you sure about needing 4 quotes? I don't see it mentioned anywhere on the schemes terms or conditions or in the application form.


  • #13
    ercork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭ercork


    The SEAI have released some details of their heat pump grants but still will have to wait till April for final details:

    https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-grants/better-energy-homes/heat-pump-systems/


  • #14
    Sausage dog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭Sausage dog


    We got a grant from Seai in last few months for a new boiler. The process was we applied, a tick the box exercise, choose an approved plumber from their list to do the job & then within 6 months submit the claim form. Plumber has to detail work carried out, cost etc. Ber cert needed to accompany claim. We didn't need quotes before hand.


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