Re-locating solar installation

[hannesvn]

Good day. I have 5.1 kW worth of panels ( 6 x 400 and 6 x 450), 3 x Pylontech 5000 batteries and a 8 kW Dye inverter. I must now move to a etirement village. There is no problem installing solar at the new dwelling.  The estate agents selling my house seem to be luke-warm about the solar installation, I get the impression that the solar does not increase the value of my home.  They base their estimate on other properties sold in this area, not whether it is fitted with solar.  I am considering removing my complete istallation and moving it to the new dwelling. I'll use the same guys that did the istallation for the move.  I will be frank with the agents and prospective buyer, and tell them that the solar is not part of the deal. May I ask for your opinnion on that?

[TaliaB]

4 hours ago, hannesvn said:

Good day. I have 5.1 kW worth of panels ( 6 x 400 and 6 x 450), 3 x Pylontech 5000 batteries and a 8 kW Dye inverter. I must now move to a etirement village. There is no problem installing solar at the new dwelling.  The estate agents selling my house seem to be luke-warm about the solar installation, I get the impression that the solar does not increase the value of my home.  They base their estimate on other properties sold in this area, not whether it is fitted with solar.  I am considering removing my complete istallation and moving it to the new dwelling. I'll use the same guys that did the istallation for the move.  I will be frank with the agents and prospective buyer, and tell them that the solar is not part of the deal. May I ask for your opinnion on that?

If you are taking your solar system with you, make sure that you document it in the sale agreement that the equipment will not be part of the sale. Remember that the removal of the solar system needs to be completed before the electrical inspection is done ahead of the transfer of the house to the new owner. 

[TaliaB]

10 hours ago, TaliaB said:

If you are taking your solar system with you, make sure that you document it in the sale agreement that the equipment will not be part of the sale. Remember that the removal of the solar system needs to be completed before the electrical inspection is done ahead of the transfer of the house to the new owner. 

@hannesvnJust as a side note to the above, should you remove your solar panels from the roof the estate agent could ask for a roof inspection from a professional roof installer to obtain a certificate of compliance to guarantee the integrity of the roof and that could be for your account.

Edited July 23 by TaliaB

[Bobster.]

15 hours ago, hannesvn said:

Good day. I have 5.1 kW worth of panels ( 6 x 400 and 6 x 450), 3 x Pylontech 5000 batteries and a 8 kW Dye inverter. I must now move to a etirement village. There is no problem installing solar at the new dwelling.  The estate agents selling my house seem to be luke-warm about the solar installation, I get the impression that the solar does not increase the value of my home.  They base their estimate on other properties sold in this area, not whether it is fitted with solar.  I am considering removing my complete istallation and moving it to the new dwelling. I'll use the same guys that did the istallation for the move.  I will be frank with the agents and prospective buyer, and tell them that the solar is not part of the deal. May I ask for your opinnion on that?

We're what, 119 days now without load shedding. The appetite for solar is diminished. I remember when I got my system, my wife thought I was having a mid life crisis, the neighbours saw it as a curiosity. We hadn't had load shedding for a few weeks. I sold my trolley inverter, but I didn't get a good price for it. The next week load shedding returned and now everybody was green with envy as my lights stayed on, and the price of trolley inverters shot up.

Reports in the press are that the current period of stability is hurting the solar installers. When we were having stage 6, Solar was an easy sale because sure it cost a bit, but you could carry on living your life. Now it's not so desirable.

I'd take it with me. If nothing else it will save you some money, for a smaller outlay this time as you are not buying the main components.

Estate Agents should be recognising that there is still value. The buyer will be saving on their bills. My system is already registered with the municipality, there are no legal issues with it, nobody is going to come and get cables. Sure we have that infamous surcharge on pre-paid meters in COJ right now, but for a small family in my house, their electrical spend is going to be R400 a month. That's a nice saving when the admin fees on the default tariff are a grand before you use any electricity.

[Kalahari Meerkat]

17 hours ago, hannesvn said:

I will be frank with the agents and prospective buyer, and tell them that the solar is not part of the deal.

If I were you, I'd leave the panels in place, which the new owner, if he's not keen on the complete installation, can utilise when he wakes up to the fact that this is a money saver and allows you to have lights when the neighbourhood may be down... and move the batteries and inverter for a re-install with new panels at the new location... I figure the potential hassle with removal from roof (I assume they are roof mounted) and making good on possible entry points for cabling and the actual mounting hardware may not be too far off from paying for new panels, mounting hardware etc.