Green Homes Grant: homeowners frustrated by lack of installers

2bn scheme risks becoming postcode lottery' without government action, says expert

Householders trying to apply for the government's 5,000 Green Homes Grants to make energy improvements have described how it is nearly impossible to find an accredited installer to do the work.

Homeowners in Cornwall have been pointed towards installers as far away as Scotland, Manchester and south Wales - who understandably, are not interested in quoting for their work.