Mike_scotland Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Hi, Does anyone know to claim do you have to be living in the house and house signed off? We are going through the sign off and obviously not moved in yet. Thanks in advance. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan F Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 44 minutes ago, Mike_scotland said: Hi, Does anyone know to claim do you have to be living in the house and house signed off? We are going through the sign off and obviously not moved in yet. Thanks in advance. M To apply for RHI you need i) EPC ii) MCS install certificate, you don't needing building control completion. Do you have EPC/MCS? If you do go online and start the process and it will guide you though, I don't beleive you need to have occupied yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_scotland Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dan F said: To apply for RHI you need i) EPC ii) MCS install certificate, you don't needing building control completion. Do you have EPC/MCS? If you do go online and start the process and it will guide you though, I don't beleive you need to have occupied yet. I have and its asking for more details, e.g bank statements with address as hest pump on it m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajn Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mike_scotland said: Does anyone know to claim do you have to be living in the house and house signed off? Same as us .... we still have a bit to do for final sign off. Just ""answer"" the questions they ask but as stated you need a valid EPC and MCS cert. The bank info must match the location and be in the name of the applicant. You will need to attach verification of the bank, a picture of the statement if you can't upload a pdf file. The online forms have been around from day one but leave a bit to be desired and the nice lady on the phone knows that. Edited March 30, 2022 by Ajn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_scotland Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 37 minutes ago, Ajn said: Same as us .... we still have a bit to do for final sign off. Just ""answer"" the questions they ask but as stated you need a valid EPC and MCS cert. The bank info must match the location and be in the name of the applicant. You will need to attach verification of the bank, a picture of the statement if you can't upload a pdf file. The online forms have been around from day one but leave a bit to be desired and the nice lady on the phone knows that. Hi bud i have mcs and epc but were going through sign off now m8 but its asking how many days you stayed in the house i put 1 as it wouldn't let me do zero... So it's asking for bank and id stuff, what do i have to do m8? Upload bank details with new address or what? Did you have same issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajn Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Mike_scotland said: Did you have same issues? We had been in a while before the GSHP was commissined (even without heat it was better than the caravan my son, his wife and kids were in. We were ok in a touring caravan) so I put six months on the application. We fell foul of the bank stuff as I used the joint build account that was in the name of myself and his wife. Personal Bank accounts would only allow two names. Problem was I had done the RHI in his name as it was on the MCS info. While the online system accepted it and said the application was in the queue. It then sent an e-mail to him to say the bank account would need verification as it wasn't the same name as the applicant. You can't go back and change anything online we had to do it over the phone. Key thing to remember is once the button is pressed you are recorded as "in" the system however how long it takes to solve any bank issues. We resolved any issues we had on the phone with them. They were very good. Edited March 31, 2022 by Ajn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_scotland Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Ajn said: We had been in a while before the GSHP was commissined (even without heat it was better than the caravan my son, his wife and kids were in. We were ok in a touring caravan) so I put six months on the application. We fell foul of the bank stuff as I used the joint build account that was in the name of myself and his wife. Personal Bank accounts would only allow two names. Problem was I had done the RHI in his name as it was on the MCS info. While the online system accepted it and said the application was in the queue. It then sent an e-mail to him to say the bank account would need verification as it wasn't the same name as the applicant. You can't go back and change anything online we had to do it over the phone. Key thing to remember is once the button is pressed you are recorded as "in" the system however how long it takes to solve any bank issues. We resolved any issues we had on the phone with them. They were very good. i called them this morning and they said i dont need to be in the property yet but when i am fill out the additional paperwork if its going to be longer than the time frame giving let us know and we can extend, lovely girl on the phone just hope she knows the ins and outs lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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