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lederhosenSo, I called a couple of different companies to get quotes on solar.
Company 1 Website: Enter your address, and we'll look up the satellite view of your house on Google Earth and email you an estimate.
Company 2 Website: Call us, and we'll send a guy over to your house and do you up a quote.
(I do both of the above.)
Company 2: We can do you a 1.5kW system.
Company 1: We can do you a 3.0 kW system.
Me (to Company 1 guy) Okay, looks good, do you want to send a guy over to do a formal quote?
Company 1 guy: We already sent you an estimate. If you're cool with that, let us know and we'll start work.
Me: It looks really nice, but... the guy from another company who came over and LOOKED at our house told us they could only do 1.5 kW.
C1G: Well, our panels are probably more efficient. They're German. [He commences rhapsodizing, I tune out.] Also, if they offer you a quote we will beat it!
Me: It still seems like an awfully big difference. You realise we're in a duplex, right? So only half the roof in that building is ours?
C1G: No worries, we looked at the satellite picture of your place!
Me: I'd really be happier if somebody came over to look at the place before I agree to anything.
C1G: We don't do that. But if you want to take pictures of your roofline and send them in, we can look at them.
Me: Here are pictures. This is where our house ends. This bit of the roof faces north, this bit faces south. So, about that 3kW system...
C1G: The 3kW system that you have enquired about doesn't fit. Here's a quote for a 1.41kW system.
...yeah. I think I know which one we'll be going with. (serehfa, this is the one you suggested).
Also getting ceiling fans in, and a fan-thingy for our ceiling cavity space, which will be much appreciated the next time it gets horribly hot and sticky.
Company 1 Website: Enter your address, and we'll look up the satellite view of your house on Google Earth and email you an estimate.
Company 2 Website: Call us, and we'll send a guy over to your house and do you up a quote.
(I do both of the above.)
Company 2: We can do you a 1.5kW system.
Company 1: We can do you a 3.0 kW system.
Me (to Company 1 guy) Okay, looks good, do you want to send a guy over to do a formal quote?
Company 1 guy: We already sent you an estimate. If you're cool with that, let us know and we'll start work.
Me: It looks really nice, but... the guy from another company who came over and LOOKED at our house told us they could only do 1.5 kW.
C1G: Well, our panels are probably more efficient. They're German. [He commences rhapsodizing, I tune out.] Also, if they offer you a quote we will beat it!
Me: It still seems like an awfully big difference. You realise we're in a duplex, right? So only half the roof in that building is ours?
C1G: No worries, we looked at the satellite picture of your place!
Me: I'd really be happier if somebody came over to look at the place before I agree to anything.
C1G: We don't do that. But if you want to take pictures of your roofline and send them in, we can look at them.
Me: Here are pictures. This is where our house ends. This bit of the roof faces north, this bit faces south. So, about that 3kW system...
C1G: The 3kW system that you have enquired about doesn't fit. Here's a quote for a 1.41kW system.
...yeah. I think I know which one we'll be going with. (
serehfa, this is the one you suggested). Also getting ceiling fans in, and a fan-thingy for our ceiling cavity space, which will be much appreciated the next time it gets horribly hot and sticky.
