Spectra Solar Ltd

Shopped around for solar panel and battery installation. Decided on Spectra due to being a Which approved trader and using there own installation team. The price was not far off the cheapest as well. Also no pressure selling. Roofing lads Brett and Brook arrived just after 8am and the electrician Liam about 9 who went through everything with me. The whole team were a credit to the company. Everything was left clean and tidy after installation and a full explanation of how the system app worked. Post and pre install comms from Kurt was and is still excellent. No issues to report. All documents sent through straight after payment. Really pleased with whole process. 14 panels Hanchu battery and invertor. All neat and tidy.

To save you reading the rest - I'll sum it up in one word - Impressive! From inital contact there's no hard sell, no pressure, but plenty of advice. Having contemplated solar for a few months, I'd done plenty of research. Being local to their offices, the wife and I arranged to pop in to their showroom. Again no pressure, no hard sell, but very knowledgeable, backing up I'd gleaned from my research. Mike turned up to conduct the survey as arranged, I wanted to be clear on what to expect and if there were any issues, and Mike made suggestions on how to install the equipment in the garage without damaging the pre-fab concrete. We agreed on the trench location between the house and garage to prevent damage to the new driveway - Important as the scaffolders errected their scaffold right over the area, luckily I was at home when they came to errect it and they managed to position the two legs so not to be in the way. Installation day, the lads rocked up just after 8am on a frosty January morning, Tea, Coffee & biscuits were welcomed by them, they simply just got on with it. I was sceptical they'd get it done in the day, but the roofing team were done by mid afternoon, leaving the electricians to connect and commission the system. That was all done around 5pm. The installation in the garage with Uni-Strut is tidy, they routed the DC cables through the soffit, from the loft space - I was expecting a hole through the wall. The internal consumer unit is tidy, and there's been no issues since the install. I can't wait for the sunnier weather, as despite the rain & fog recently the system's already impressed me with it's generation quite offten the base load is solely from PV.

If you’re reading this because you’re on the fence choosing a solar installer, then stop searching; these are the guys to use! I’m a bit of a geek about this stuff. So I did plenty of shopping around, and this is what I found: -- Some installers talked a good talk, but were also very expensive and pushy. -- Some were competitively priced, but I wouldn’t trust them with my property. -- Spectra came to me as a recommendation, which I’m glad I listened to! Spectra provided decent kit, at a competitive price. But perhaps the most important to me, was that they were 10/10 knowledgeable, trustworthy and professional... With an investment like this, you won’t find a better service! I got a 7kW inverter, 10kW battery, 18 panels and a manual-changeover switch… It’s been performing very well! Before installation: -- Spectra did a great job of helping me choose the best kit to suit my property and budget. -- They were very knowledgeable and patient in answering all of my questions / concerns. During installation: -- The roofers did a great, tidy job of the panel installation and cabling. -- The electricians did a great job of the inverter, battery & changeover installation, keeping it all neat and tidy. After installation: -- They continued to help me with the paperwork and make sure the app / monitoring is working smoothly. Thank you!

We read reviews of quite a few companies before settling on Spectra. Many of them were 5 star and I've no reason to think they wouldn't have also been excellent so choosing was hard, but in the end we went with the one our neighbour had used. Have to say we can't fault them - the end to end process was handled really well. Communication has been excellent and the installation and follow up support has been everything we could have asked for. So I'd have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone struggling to choose. The price was also very competitive btw. Thanks guys

Fantastic job installing our batteries. Completed in a day with no fuss, mess or drama. Couldn’t be happier with the team or their work - even my wife was impressed !