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Can I sell my house with solar panels?

What if I sell my solar home?

Ok, so you’re sold on solar, but you might not want to stay in your current home for the next 20 years. Hey, we get it! But if you're worrying about how to sell your house with a solar lease, stop. There’s absolutely no reason to worry because locking in today’s low electricity rates by going solar won’t lock you into staying put for the next two decades.

In fact, having solar panels can actually make selling your home easier—prospective buyers will love the idea of paying less for utilities, just like you did!

And it’s not even hard to transfer your solar lease agreement and pass along those ridiculously low energy bills to the new owners. Talk about paying it forward!

Our Service Transfer Specialists handle everything from educating realtors and potential buyers, to working with escrow officers, title agents, home inspectors, and anyone else who might need to know about your system or solar lease agreement. Here are a few pointers to help you get ready:

  • Contact Sunrun’s Service Transfer team before listing your home. We’ll brief you and your realtor on how best to sell the value of solar.
  • Let potential buyers know up front that the solar lease agreement is a purchase. That way there will be no surprises when it’s negotiation time.
  • Got a buyer? Great! You’ll both sign Sunrun’s service transfer paperwork, and then we’ll run a credit check on the buyer.
  • Once the buyer’s credit checks out, all you have to do is send us confirmation that escrow has closed and you’ll be done. How’s that for easy?
  • If for some reason the buyer doesn’t want to take on the agreement, you can prepay for the remainder of your service and add it to the selling price of your property.
  • Oh, and if you can’t stand to part with your Sunrun solar energy system, you’re welcome to buy it and move it to your new home. Yes, really! But it’s generally easier and less expensive to transfer your lease agreement.

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So there you have it. Moving is hard. Transferring your solar lease agreement? That’s a piece of cake. Ready to start saving with the sun?

Video Transcription 

People often ask us what happens if they sell their house or move. Our response is usually, “That’s great! We hope you enjoy wherever you’re moving to.” And then they ask, “But what about my solar system?” and we say, “Oh that? Not to worry. We’ve got you covered.”

If you move, the solar system and the Sunrun agreement are both fully transferrable to the new homeowner, who will love saving money with solar as much as you do.

When you tell us that you’re ready to sell your home, you’ll get your very own Service Transfer Specialist to help you through every stage of the process. The Specialist knows all the ins and outs of your specific solar agreement, and basically can deal with everything on your behalf. 

They can talk to all parties involved, from potential buyers and realtors to escrow officers, title agents, and anyone else wanting to know more about the value of home solar. We’ve done thousands of these service transfers. Moving is hard. Transferring your solar? That’s a piece of cake. 

Ready to start saving with solar? Give us a call or visit Sunrun.com for a free solar quote. 

Sunrun

Jan 9, 2017

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