I'll expose some caveats in the new solar builds!

With the recent rise in the cost of electricity, the topic of solar power generation has come up a lot.

Whenever people hear the word "solar power," they immediately start talking about how many years it will take to pay for itself.

Even on social networking sites and Youtube, this is almost always the topic of conversation.

I would like them to say it is for the global environment, but I guess that is human nature. I think almost everyone, including myself, is more concerned about money than environmental issues.

What is interesting is that many of you are saying that it will pay for itself in about 6 years, which I fear may mislead people into thinking that anyone can make a profit by installing solar power.

I am almost certain that the people who are saying that they can get their money back in about 6 years are the ones who put the solar panels on when they built the new house.

That's right. It is possible to put it up cheaply at the time of new construction.

Ostensibly, there is scaffolding at the time of construction, and it seems that it will be picked at because the construction cost is almost nothing for that, but in fact, there is a behind-the-scenes situation in most cases.

I think most people would probably fall for it. When a housing company sells a house to a buyer of new construction, they are supposed to pay 1,500,000 yen for the solar power system. When the housing company sells it to a new homebuyer, they sell it for 1,000,000 yen or something like that as a service.

This discount has two meanings: the new homebuyer is getting enough profit from the housing part, and the housing company is selling the solar system at cost, with no profit. The other is to sell the solar power generation system at a low price, even if it is below cost, in order to make it more affordable, while holding down the discount on the residential portion of the house.

For example, if you purchase a 30 million yen house, you can get a 2 million yen discount and install a 1.5 million yen solar power system separately, or you can get a 1.5 million yen discount and install a cheap 1 million yen solar power system at a loss, the latter is by far the better deal.

Since the price of a house itself is completely different depending on the specifications and the company, it is difficult to compare the two, and it is hard to realize the value for money.

However, for solar power, there is a certain market price, such as 1.5 million yen for 5 kilowatts, and it is easy to see that the price is lower than the surrounding area. In addition, there is also information such as the fact that you will make a profit if you get your money back during the 10-year fixed purchase period, so the cheaper you can buy, the shorter the period you will get your money back, and the more profitable it will be.

In particular, since money is received immediately after purchase in the form of income from the sale of electricity, it is more realistic and attractive than the price of a house that will be paid over the next 35 years.

Therefore, the housing company's true intention is that even if they sell the solar power at a loss at a low price, they will be satisfied if they receive a large profit from the new construction.

The buyer is also satisfied because they can get solar at a low price, get their money back quickly, and feel that they are making a large profit.

In conclusion, the price at the time of purchase of newly built solar panels cannot be counted on at all, so the calculation of how many years it will take to make a profit is not very meaningful.

In the case of installing solar power in an existing house from scratch, it is possible to estimate pure market prices.

In this case, it is not possible to get a return in 10 years unless the conditions are very good.

This is the reality.

Of course, there may be some people who get a really good deal on a new house and solar when they build it, but

Almost no one.

The housing companies are smart enough to ensure that they are profitable somehow.

Furthermore, selling equipment such as solar panels at a discount is more than a pure discount. It is more convenient for the housing company.

Suppose a housing company puts 500,000 yen of profit on solar panels purchased at 1,000,000 yen and sells them for 1,500,000 yen. The housing company sells the solar panels for 1.5 million yen, with a profit of 500,000 yen.

If the solar panels are discounted by 500,000 yen and sold for 1,000,000 yen, there is no real loss, just the loss of profit. In other words, there is no profit or loss because you sell the panels to the customer at the price you purchased them at.

From the customer's perspective, the customer actually received a discount of 500,000 yen. However, if you discount 500,000 yen from the selling price, you lose 500,000 yen because you lose your profit.

In other words, by offering a lower price than the market price to a customer who is considering solar power, telling him that he can get his money back in about 5 years, showing him the amount of electricity sold per month, and telling him that if he deducts the amount of electricity sold, his monthly loan payment will be so much lower, the purchase of a house will seem attractive at once, and eventually lead to his purchase.

Without understanding this side of the industry, they compare only the purchase price of the solar panels and the monthly income. Please check carefully because there are so many articles that conclude that the equipment is a good deal no matter who puts it on. Please check carefully.