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Chaps,
This is my second thread on here (first one here: http://www.electriciansforums.net/p...nergy-forum/37973-panels-inverter-choose.html ), and again it is to do with fitting a solar PV system.
I am interested in having a system fitted to a flat I own. I think it would make a good site for an install, but the details aren't relevant; what is relevant is that I don't own the freehold of the property - I only own a lease for the flat. I have spoken with the installer I would choose to use (who has done an install for me already), and he has confirmed what I thought; that I will need to find the freeholder of the property and get their permission to have an array fitted - permission in the form of a contract between me and the freeholder. The aim of the install would be the same as if it was on a regular (freehold) house; I would be wanting both the FIT and the electricity produced.
This sounds sensible, and the idea of a contract is appealing as it makes things unambiguous for both parties. However I clearly need to have such a contract drawn up. Speaking to a solicitor would be one way of doing this, but I can't help thinking that I'm not the first person to have had this problem and that there must be standard contracts available for such things.
So, the question is, do you know of (or - even better - have a copy of) a standard contract for agreement to install solar panels on a property, between the freeholder of the property and a third party? I know that there are companies around who rent rooves from other people and hence will have contracts that cover this sort of thing (and a lot of other things as well.)
All help welcomed - thanks.
Oli.
This is my second thread on here (first one here: http://www.electriciansforums.net/p...nergy-forum/37973-panels-inverter-choose.html ), and again it is to do with fitting a solar PV system.
I am interested in having a system fitted to a flat I own. I think it would make a good site for an install, but the details aren't relevant; what is relevant is that I don't own the freehold of the property - I only own a lease for the flat. I have spoken with the installer I would choose to use (who has done an install for me already), and he has confirmed what I thought; that I will need to find the freeholder of the property and get their permission to have an array fitted - permission in the form of a contract between me and the freeholder. The aim of the install would be the same as if it was on a regular (freehold) house; I would be wanting both the FIT and the electricity produced.
This sounds sensible, and the idea of a contract is appealing as it makes things unambiguous for both parties. However I clearly need to have such a contract drawn up. Speaking to a solicitor would be one way of doing this, but I can't help thinking that I'm not the first person to have had this problem and that there must be standard contracts available for such things.
So, the question is, do you know of (or - even better - have a copy of) a standard contract for agreement to install solar panels on a property, between the freeholder of the property and a third party? I know that there are companies around who rent rooves from other people and hence will have contracts that cover this sort of thing (and a lot of other things as well.)
All help welcomed - thanks.
Oli.