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Financing & install

The whole system, financed. What that costs, and who it is for.

Everything on this page is the same information we read out on the phone. Numbers are illustrative until we have seen your bill and your roof.

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Who qualifies

Six checks. Five of them we can answer on the phone; the sixth needs a ladder.

SD Solar residential financing requirements
CheckRequirementHow we check it
Credit score620 or aboveA soft pull first; the hard pull only once you say go.
OwnershipYou own the homeDeed in your name. Rentals and leases do not qualify.
Roof8+ years of shingle leftWe check decking age and pitch on the site visit.
ShadingMostly unshaded south or west faceHeavy canopy cuts output and can fail the sizing.
UtilityA grid-tied residential meterCPS, Oncor, Austin Energy, CenterPoint and the co-ops.
Down paymentNoneThe lender finances 100% of equipment, labour and permits.

The monthly maths

Pick the closest house. These are real quoted systems from Texas installs, not a calculator.

Loan payments assume a 25-year term at prevailing residential rates. Your quote is built from twelve months of your own usage.

2,600+ sq ft · 36 panels  ·  14.4 kW

Before

$340

utility bill, per month

After

$238

$180 loan + $58 residual utility

Panels
36
Down payment
$0
Financed
100%
Monthly difference
−$102

Install timeline

Two days of that is on your roof. The rest is paperwork we do without you.

  1. Day 0

    The call

    Fifteen minutes. Your current bill, the roof’s age, your ZIP.

  2. Day 0

    Soft credit pull & quote

    Same day. One page: size, monthly payment, lender terms.

  3. Week 1

    Site visit

    Pitch, decking, shade and the main panel get inspected.

  4. Weeks 2–5

    Permit & interconnection

    City permit and the utility’s interconnection agreement.

  5. Install

    Two days on the roof

    Racking and panels day one; inverter and tie-in day two.

  6. After

    Inspection & PTO

    City inspection, then permission to operate. The meter turns.

What stops a job

We would rather tell you on the first call than on the roof. Any one of these and the answer is no, or not yet.

  • A roof with under 8 years left

    Re-shingle first. Pulling an array to re-roof costs more than doing it in the right order.

  • Heavy canopy shade

    Pecans and live oaks on the south face can take a third of the output.

  • You do not own the home

    The loan and the equipment both attach to the owner.

  • A score under 620

    Come back after six months of clean payment history and we will run it again.

Questions we get

If yours is not here, the phone is answered around the clock.

(210) 555-0142

Find out in fifteen minutes.

One call tells you whether the roof, the score and the bill line up. There is nothing to sign to find out.