Solar mandatory for newbuild from 2027

[Moxi]

Its great excuse to increase their profit margin though

Moxi

[Mart]

I notice the article suggests that this policy will add £3-4,000 per property, but I see adverts for a complete systen installed for not much more than this. As I see it, there would be no additional cost for scaffolding, and if in-roof systems were used the saving on tiling is likely to be significantly more than the PV pavels and trays. If doing a whole set of similar properies at the same time economy of scale should reduce costs further. What am I missing?

Totally agree. Monday, I was chatting with my builder friend, as he and his wife are trying to get permission to build two new homes on their property. I actually told him, pretty much what you said, that with scaffolding already up, and the houses accessible for internal AC work, plus an in-roof PV install, it may actually come out at zero cost. He hadn't heard of in-roof PV, and was interested. He's well aware of roofing costs, he actually did all of the roof work for our side extension, and for a large extension on a previous property they owned.

I'm personally taking the £4k estimate as a worst case figure, and for a large install, but I'm difficult like that. In reality, I might expect a small install, over the roof, slapped on at the end, without little forethought ..... at first.

[Stinsy]

Maybe that is how they sold it to the developers?

"The cost will be negligible but you can charge extra for the house"