http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/green_tax_for_eco_friendly_renovations
Don't really understand it though, anyone care to enlighten me
Don't really understand it though, anyone care to enlighten me
New Govenment tax on Eco friendly homes
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subman101
I think the word "tax" may have something to do with it. After all, all these windmills need subsidising and the landowners paid for land-rental 
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longdogs
The quicker I retire and move to Cyprus the better. Then I will not need to understand any of the government's hair-brained money-grabbing schemes. At least in Cyprus, all the cr*p will be spoken in a greek so I won't understand if I wanted to.
it says (and there is no reason to be sure it is a reliable site giving accurate and unbiased news)
"Homeowners could be forced to pay for eco-friendly renovations when they want to make simple household repairs under plans being considered by the Government....
...Measures listed in the Whitehall plans are believe to include hot water cylinder insulation and draught proofing."
wow
Are there people who refuse to insulate their hot water cylinders, when the jackets are available at subsidised prices and pay for themselves in weeks by saving wasted energy?
the use of the word "repairs" in the report seems to be incorrect since the article refers to "installing windows, boilers or even conservatories"
The word "tax" is also untrue.
The Sky News vid clip suggests that the energy savings measures could add 10% to the cost of a project. This is somewhere between lies and lunacy, since the other measures they mention in the clip, such as loft and wall insulation, are heavily subsidised and frequently free.
so a mixture of scaremongering and inaccuracy, I think.
"Homeowners could be forced to pay for eco-friendly renovations when they want to make simple household repairs under plans being considered by the Government....
...Measures listed in the Whitehall plans are believe to include hot water cylinder insulation and draught proofing."
wow
Are there people who refuse to insulate their hot water cylinders, when the jackets are available at subsidised prices and pay for themselves in weeks by saving wasted energy?
the use of the word "repairs" in the report seems to be incorrect since the article refers to "installing windows, boilers or even conservatories"
The word "tax" is also untrue.
The Sky News vid clip suggests that the energy savings measures could add 10% to the cost of a project. This is somewhere between lies and lunacy, since the other measures they mention in the clip, such as loft and wall insulation, are heavily subsidised and frequently free.
so a mixture of scaremongering and inaccuracy, I think.
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joinerjohn
Crikey, I best get them shelves up in the living room sharpish (before Cleggeron, insists I double insulate the wall before putting them up)
The way I understood it was it was a bit like building regs , if something is not up to current standard and you make significant changes then you have to bring it up to current standard.
Replacement Windows and electrics springs to mind.
Replacement Windows and electrics springs to mind.
it says (and there is no reason to be sure it is a reliable site giving accurate and unbiased news)
"Homeowners could be forced to pay for eco-friendly renovations when they want to make simple household repairs under plans being considered by the Government....
...Measures listed in the Whitehall plans are believe to include hot water cylinder insulation and draught proofing."
wow
Are there people who refuse to insulate their hot water cylinders, when the jackets are available at subsidised prices and pay for themselves in weeks by saving wasted energy?
the use of the word "repairs" in the report seems to be incorrect since the article refers to "installing windows, boilers or even conservatories"
The problem is these things always suffer from mission creep.
It will end up with someone wanting to install new windows, being told they will then have to install extra insulation or such, adding to the cost (as well as the risk of all the cowboy wall insulation companies).
The result is that people will just put of installing new windows as they can't afford both, which benefits no one.
It's stick rather than carrot.
If you add your own imagination to what is said, you can decide it means anything you want.
