Just been watching BBC breakfast and the segment about external cladding. I know that there are a number of companies offering this for free to homeowners who receive any sort of benefit. One of the owners of One of theses companies rents a house next to my daughter. having chatted to him, (he seems like a nice enough bloke. Drives an £80k car) He has no clue about what houses might, or might not be suitable for this form of insulation. Nor does he give a toss. As far as he is concerned his telemarking team are just interested in finding people on benefits who own there own properties. As far as he is concerned all of these house are suitable for external cladding ! He said that after all costs, his company makes several thousand pounds from each install. All government money so no harm to anybody in his opinion. He arrived in this country about 2 1/2 years ago, and previously had a small call centre in India.

That just about sums up how our taxes are wasted by any government, and how they just want to be seen as doing something. Doing it right or not is irrelevant.

Not unlike CWI, spray foam loft insulation etc etc

 

Anytime the Government hoses around taxpayers money the sharks will circle to cream off the top as much as they reasonably can