If you re selling a solar home with a leased system keep in mind that the terms of your lease agreement will vary depending on the leasing company.
Transferring ownership of solar panels.
The first step would be to contact the lender to notify them that you are planning on selling the home.
The solar company likely has the right under the lease to repossess the solar panels.
Some solar lease contracts include an early buy out option allowing you to buy out the remainder of the lease and own the solar panels outright.
Studies have shown a home with solar panels sells faster and for more money.
The warranties remain with the solar system and automatically transfer.
Transferring your solar service can be done by following these 3 steps.
Since solarloan has no prepayment penalty it is best to pay off the loan with the sale of the house and transfer the paid off system to the new homeowner.
That would encompass taking them off the roof and haul them away along with the other equipment they own.
They can request a secure link to authorize sunrun to perform a credit check.
That would be unfortunate.
The seller and the buyer need to sign the transfer of sunrun solar service agreement the buyer must meet our minimum credit requirements if the agreement is not prepaid.
When you own the solar panels you remove the solar lease from the home sale equation and boost your home s market value.
If you have purchased your panels with cash or have secured funding with a third party lender you do not need to transfer the contract.