Solar contracts are technical documents in legal clothing. I read the clauses a solicitor skips, such as how the performance promise is tested and what the maintenance excludes, and tell you in plain English what each one will do in practice.
- Installation contracts and their performance promises
- Maintenance agreements and what they leave out
- Roof leases and free-solar or power purchase deals
- Panel, inverter and battery warranties
- A one-page summary of what to change before signing
A solar contract is a technical document wearing legal clothes. The clauses that decide whether you get what you paid for are the ones a solicitor reads past: how the performance guarantee is measured, what counts as a fault, what the maintenance scope excludes, and what the warranty actually requires you to prove.
What I check
Installation contracts. The performance promise and how it is tested, the warranty on workmanship, what happens if the system produces less than quoted, when you pay, and what “complete” means.
Maintenance agreements. What is included, what is excluded, how quickly they must respond, and whether the monitoring is theirs or yours.
Roof leases and free-solar deals. When someone else owns the panels on your roof: who is responsible for what, what happens when you sell the building or need the roof repaired, what it costs to end the arrangement, and what you are actually being paid for the use of your roof.
Warranties. Panels, inverters and batteries each come with a warranty, and each has conditions. I check what you would need to show to make a claim, and whether the company behind it is likely to still exist when you need to.
What it costs
A short domestic installation contract of up to about five pages is read as part of a Second Opinion at no extra charge. For anything longer, £350 covers a document of up to 15 pages, which is most installation contracts and maintenance agreements. Longer documents, typically roof leases and power purchase agreements, are £15 for each page beyond that, so a 40-page lease is £725. Send the document and I will confirm the price before starting. Schedules of drawings and appendices of equipment datasheets do not count.
What you get
The contract marked up with comments in plain English, a one-page summary of the points that matter, suggested changes where the fix is technical, and a call to go through it. If you have a solicitor, I will happily join a call with them. I do not give legal advice; I tell you what the technical clauses will do.
People often ask
I have an installation contract or a roof lease to sign. Can you look at it?
Yes. I am not a lawyer and do not give legal advice; what I do is read the technical clauses that solicitors tend to skip, such as how the performance promise is tested, what counts as a fault and what the maintenance excludes, and tell you what they will do in practice. See the contract and lease check.
Other services
Not sure where to start? That is what the first call is for.
Most enquiries begin with a fifteen-minute conversation and a look at whatever you already have: a quote, a screenshot of your monitoring app, a contract, your bills. If the honest answer is that you do not need me, I will say so, and it costs you nothing.