Families struggle with soaring heating costs in 'eco-friendly' homes
Posted 29.03.24
On the Wight: Further reading
An article in On the Wight reports on how "angry and frustrated" parents say their young children are going cold as heating costs on an Isle of Wight housing estate skyrocket to 'unaffordable' rates.
Residents of Bluebell Meadows and St George's Gate claim they feel 'let down', having been promised cheap bills and houses which were economical to run.
Despite the estate using a unique biomass heating system - a centralised system which burns wood chippings to provide heat and hot water to homes - those living there say they have faced soaring costs in recent months.
Those responsible for the estate - Barratt David Wilson Homes, the Isle of Wight Council and Sovereign Network Group, which together form the Pan Management Company - say the surge in prices "reflect the handover of the biomass centre" to the estate management company.
In a joint statement, they said they were looking at the fuel supply arrangements to try to help reduce costs.
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