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Quote: Originally posted by minicamper2001 on 05/3/2013

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I will probably wait until they are much neater and less conspicuous than present ugly, clunky ones. I believe they are developing solar "tiles" which will look better on the roof. I too have concerns about making the house unsaleable.

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You have to do the maths working out your return on investment if buying.

Also one factor missing from all of above is likely rising costs of energy and factoring that in to the savings.

Definitely only worth it for long termers in their current homes though.

Insulating and insulating should be first port of call for everyone and switching to low energy products so we all use less rather than pay less for same.

LED light bulbs have a much much shorter pay back period than solar panels

Quote: Originally posted by sunshinetours on 06/3/2013

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LED light bulbs have a much much shorter pay back period than solar panels

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Well - the search goes on.

Our appointment for the free survey was at 10 0'clock today and nobody arrived.

Got a call at 10:35 from a lady on the reception desk who said that 4,  yes 4 of their surveyors had called in sick this morning and she even said that it might be "friday night out syndrome" and would I like to make another appointment - so I said no thanks.

The company is called Energy Solutions btw.

Piglet - thank you for your comments on the lease to the energy company. That's exactly the kind of question it's important to ask. Like I said, you need to know what questions to ask before you agree to anything long term.

Still debating between ourselves on whether panels would be right for us - as we are (like most people) looking for a way to reduce our energy costs - lots of helpful comments on here so thank you one and all.

Christine.