UK government grants, BUS scheme, and funding guides
Grant scammers borrow real scheme names — and real deadlines — to pressure you into upfront fees. Here are the red flags in order of reliability, how each genuine scheme…
25 August 2026
ECO4 was a Great Britain scheme and it closed to new applications in March 2026. If you're in Northern Ireland, here's exactly where to go instead, with a signposting table…
19 August 2026
GOV.UK explicitly allows second homes, rentals and business-owned property to claim the Boiler Upgrade Scheme — one grant per property. With the £9,000 oil/LPG window and the 2030 EPC C…
17 August 2026
An EPC survey costs £60 to £120 in 2026 and takes under an hour. What the assessor checks under RdSAP 10, why receipts now matter, and how to book direct.
12 August 2026
Most energy grants only fund existing homes — but self-builders get a deliberate Boiler Upgrade Scheme exception, a VAT refund scheme worth thousands, and zero-rated energy-saving materials until March 2027.…
10 August 2026
The Warm Homes: Local Grant fully funds a landlord's first eligible rental and half-funds the rest — up to £30,000 per property. With EPC C required by 2030 and grant…
4 August 2026
A like-for-like oil boiler costs £2,500–£4,500 with no grant. A heat pump could cost less than that net of the £9,000 oil-home uplift — but only in the 21 July…
31 July 2026
LPG is the most expensive fossil fuel to heat with — and it sits outside Ofgem's price cap. We compare 2026 running costs against heat pumps, oil and electric heating,…
30 July 2026
Around 4 million UK homes are off the gas grid. We compare every realistic heating option — heat pumps, oil, LPG, HVO, biomass, storage heaters — on installed cost, grants…
30 July 2026
The standard heat pump grant stays at £7,500 — but homes currently heated by oil or LPG can claim £9,000 between 21 July 2026 and 31 March 2027. Here is…
28 July 2026