People have grabbed the government offer of £400 pounds towards the replacement of their old boiler with both hands. A total of 44% of the available vouchers have already been issued, but there is still an opportunity for some 70,000 residential property owners to claim theirs if they are eligible.
According to Gordon Brown the boiler scrap-age scheme should lower the bills of the home owners as well as helping the government towards its targets of reducing carbon emissions. On top of that it has the added bonus of creating work in a time where it is really needed.
The offer is open to those residential landlords that qualify and many have taken the opportunity up. Some, though, think it ought to be extended further to include social landlords and I lend my support to that. I see no reason why they should be excluded.
Others are pointing out that the vouchers are working but that actually more could be done. Given that 3.5 million homes are believed to have inefficient boilers the 70 000 vouchers on offer are unlikely to address the whole problem.
One thing to note though if you are in the market for a new voucher is that some companies have offered to match the governments £400 offer. that may well be worth looking into of you have a large portfolio.
