The grants landscape changes constantly and the misinformation online is louder than the truth. Dan checks each scheme against your specific household, including the Smart Export Guarantee, ECO4, 0% VAT on installations and OZEV EV charger grants, so you only spend time on the ones you're actually eligible for.
Case-by-case eligibility check · No inflated grant promises · Independent broker · Phone answered 24/7
Grants and funding are one of the areas where homeowners get most misled. The rules change, the eligibility is narrower than adverts suggest, and "free solar" headlines almost never survive contact with the small print. Dan's job on this service is simple: look at your actual situation, tell you which schemes genuinely apply, and help you claim what you're entitled to: nothing more.
A structured review of every relevant scheme against your household. That includes the Smart Export Guarantee tariff you'll be paid for exported electricity, ECO4 eligibility if you're on qualifying benefits or in a low-income band, the 0% VAT relief on energy-saving materials, and the OZEV EV chargepoint grant for eligible flats and rental properties. Where a scheme applies, Dan explains the paperwork, the timing and what your installer needs to do.
Anyone considering solar, batteries, or an EV charger in the EX, TQ, TA or PL postcodes, but especially households on qualifying benefits (ECO4), owners of flats or rental properties (OZEV), and anyone who has been quoted with a grant already "factored in" and wants an independent check that it actually applies.
Ideally before you sign anything. Grants shape the installer choice, the specification and the paperwork, leaving them to the last minute is how people end up ineligible on a technicality.
There is a whole tier of the market that advertises grants they know most enquiries won't qualify for. An independent broker has no reason to overstate eligibility, because a customer who's been told the truth is a customer who trusts the recommendation that follows.
The Which? and Trading Standards case files on solar are full of households who signed on the strength of a grant that was never coming. The guidance here exists to make sure you're not one of them.
A 10–20 minute call to understand your bill, your home and what you actually want from your grants and funding review. No sales script, Dan answers his own phone.
Dan attends personally, flies a licensed drone over the roof, and designs the system in paid bespoke software, not a free web tool. Site visits typically within 2–3 days of your call.
Around three like-for-like quotes from the small panel of MCS installers we vet against seven strict criteria. Every installer pays us the same commission, so there is no hidden reason to favour one.
You contract directly with your chosen installer. They complete the work to MCS standards, and we cross-check the commissioning paperwork, EPVS registration and grant applications on your behalf.
You keep Dan's number. Independently underwritten guarantees stand even if the installer changes shape, and any dispute is escalated by us on your behalf.
Every scheme assessed against your actual household | never inflated to close a sale.
We help make sure your export meter is registered and you're on a competitive Smart Export Guarantee tariff | not the default near-zero rate.
If you qualify, we help you claim it. If you don't, we tell you plainly rather than string you along.
Zero-rated VAT on qualifying installs | checked line-by-line on the quote, not assumed.
Straight answers on which EV charger grants apply to flats, rentals and eligible workplaces.
We stay involved through the applications and registrations so nothing quietly falls through the cracks.
A closer look at each of the main schemes and how we assess them for you.
SEG is the legal obligation on larger suppliers to pay you for the surplus electricity your solar panels export to the grid. The catch is that tariffs vary enormously, from close to zero to genuinely useful, and the export MPAN registration is often left half-done. We help you pick a competitive tariff and make sure the paperwork actually completes.
ECO4 is the current Energy Company Obligation that can fund energy-efficiency measures for households on qualifying benefits or in low-income, low-EPC-rated homes. Genuine ECO4 solar exists, but the eligibility is narrower than most adverts suggest. We check your situation honestly before anyone raises expectations.
Qualifying installations of solar, batteries and heat pumps benefit from zero-rated VAT until at least March 2027. It should already be reflected on your quote, we check the line items to make sure it is, and that the installer is set up to apply it correctly.
The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles offers grants for eligible flats, rental properties and some workplace scenarios. Full house owner-occupiers no longer qualify. We check your property type and tenure and give you a straight answer on eligibility before you pick a charger.
We won't invent eligibility, we won't quote a grant into a package that you may not receive, and we won't chase grant claims that the paperwork clearly rules out. That discipline is why the guidance is worth listening to in the first place.
Can't see yours? Ask Dan directly, no bots, no call centre.
A 10–20 minute phone call, no obligation. Honest advice on whether solar makes sense for your home.
Independent design and installer selection for roof-mounted solar systems, tailored to your consumption and roof.
Home charging paired with your solar and battery, including OZEV grant guidance where you qualify.
Free, honest, case-by-case, from a broker who has no financial reason to overstate eligibility.
MCS-vetted installers · £1M Public Liability · Independently underwritten guarantees
