New and improved grants for improving your home
New and improved grants for improving your home
The SEAI has just announced an improved grants programme for energy-efficient works, including insulation and renewable heating systems. Under the Better Energy Homes scheme, the government are offering bigger grant amounts across a range of measures, in order to help and encourage homeowners to improve their homes. Measures with improved grants include attic insulation, wall insulation and heat pumps. The age band of eligible homes has also changed and going forward, insulation grants will be available to all homes that were built before 2011 (changed from 2006) and renewable energy grants will be available to all homes built before 2021 (changed from 2011). This brings a lot of newer homes into the mix for grant eligibility and will certainly be good news for many homeowners.
The deep retrofit programme also sees an increase in funding but this is not available to all homes. This scheme is managed through a one-stop-shop service provider like ourselves but is generally only suitable for groups of smaller or similar homes such as those in housing estates or towns. One-off housing, whilst not strictly ineligible, are often unsuitable to this scheme due to the complexity and cost of many of these projects.
Read more about these grants in our Grants & Incentives pages.
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Dermot Lavelle, Westport
I thoroughly recommend Fergus and the team at Comfort Solutions. I recently had a cavity fill and underfloor insulation carried out at my father's house. As he is elderly and living alone, maximising heat conservation while saving on energy bills is of great benefit and it has been noticeable over the... Read more
Brendan Coyne, Castlebar
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I am delighted with the results of the work done on my house. Particularly pleased with the solar panels to date. High efficiency boiler is very effective.
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In 2016 Fergus and his team installed Lunos ventilation systems into various rooms in our house. In the bathroom and en-suites moisture is now automatically removed, while the system in a sitting room provides fresh air. That particular room maintains a good, even temperature.
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Anonymous, newport
I decided to have the insulation of my 2005 built house checked after finding it difficult to keep the rooms warm during the bad winter of 2015/16. Draughts, cold spots and a boiler that was always on the go meant it was time to do something.
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I am delighted with the results of the work done on my house. I’m particularly pleased with the solar panels to date. High efficiency boiler is also very effective.
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I employed Comfort Solutions to install external insulation on my existing 1930's house which has solid mass concrete walls. At the tender process I contacted a number of contractors, I found Comfort Solutions had the best system around, it is a patented system with a proven track record.
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We have been delighted with the results of using Comfort Solutions to clad our house with exterior insulation. The results are immediate.
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External Insulation
I was very impressed by the no-nonsense approach of the contractor, the price was agreed the contract completion date set and I was kept informed of progress and problems at all stages of the contract, everything was completed on time with no extras, the site was cleaned up every evening,... Read more
Margaret McMenamin, Westport
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I would certainly recommend this Company for their excellent service. Having had some bad experiences with other contractors they were true to their word in that they telephoned me when they said they would and turned up on the due date. The service was carried out in a very... Read more