Last November, my next door neighbour had this man around to give him a quote for insulating the roof. Our houses are very similar, but only have a roof space over half the roof. He sent the man round who measured up and wrote me out a quote for doing half the roof (50 sq metres) for - guess what - $1200, exactly the same as the Government offer.
I said "Whats the catch?" and he said "Nothing. You sign this piece of paper authorising us to collect from Government,- wont cost you a brass razoo!"
Two days later, a rather dischevvilled and sour lot turned up to do the job. I watched them rip off the tin, squirt in the cellulose, them nail the roof back on. Looked ok.
A couple of weeks ago, we received a strange letter from the company saying..."as you know, the Government requires two quotes for insulation.""
I thought - here we go.
The heavies will be round in a weeks time demanding the $1200 cash and sorry the Govt wont pay up.
I had a couple of sleepless nights then suddenly, yesterday, we get a letter from Kevin saying "Our records indicate that you have had ceiling insulation installed etc. etc., .... A payment has now been paid to your installer by the Australian Government..... We will also be inspecting some homes to check...etc etc.....
HEY HEY GREAT STUFF. YES IT WORKS, WE DID NOT PAY A PENNY!!!!!