Two things in one: Rainplan covers the cost of your project, and Rainplan watches over the job from the first bill to the final inspection. Your contractor gets paid on time, nothing gets skipped, and you pay for a finished result. No cash up front.
Your project isn't too expensive. It's too upfront. One charge, in writing first. If a rebate is coming, it goes toward what you owe.
The program pays after the work is done, your contractor wants paying now, and in between you are the one checking invoices, chasing permits and hoping it passes inspection. That is why most people never get the driveway, the rain garden or the roof they already qualify for.
Sponsorship. Rainplan covers the cost of the project and pays your contractor as the work gets done. You don't write a big check.
Assurance. Rainplan checks every bill, keeps the project on the program's rules, and stays on the job until it passes inspection. Someone with money on the line is watching it with you.
The project happens now. You pay for a finished result.
A permeable driveway, a rain garden, a green roof, a cistern. Your plan and your contractor's bid, or ours from the Provider Network.
Our charge and the terms go in writing first. Once you sign, the money is set aside and your contractor knows they'll be paid.
As the work gets done, your contractor sends us the bills. We check them against the plan and the program's rules, you give the OK, we pay. Nothing gets skipped and you never chase an invoice.
The finished project passes inspection. You pay us back in one payment or on a monthly plan. Your rebate goes toward it.
The project starts now, not after you've saved up or waited for the rebate.
Good crews show up for jobs where the money is already in place. Yours will know it is.
We follow the project through to inspection and keep you posted, so nothing slips.
Not for work in progress. Not for promises. For a project that's done and passed.
If your project qualifies for a rebate, we can claim it for you and apply it toward what you owe.
One charge, the schedule and the terms, all on paper before any work begins. No surprises later.
Homeowners who found their rebate and got their bids. HOA and church boards who want a yes without a special assessment. Owners of apartment buildings and shopping centers who want the lot repaved this season, not next budget year.
Amy B., Washington, DC: her green roof earned a $7,920 rebate. Rainplan sponsored the project and she paid the remainder over 24 months.
Don't have a rebate? Nothing changes. Most people do start with a Rebate Claim, because the rebate shrinks what you pay back.
No. No cash ever lands in your account. Rainplan pays your contractor directly, with your OK, for work that has been done. Once the finished project passes inspection, you pay Rainplan back, plus one charge you agreed to before work began. One payment, or a monthly plan.
Two things, both in writing before anything starts: what Rainplan paid your contractor, and one charge for covering the cost and handling every payment through to the end. The charge depends on the size and timing of your project, so we set it per project and show it to you first.
After the finished project passes inspection. You choose up front whether that is one payment or a monthly plan. If a rebate is coming, it goes toward what you owe. If the program denies or reduces the rebate, you owe the full amount it doesn't cover.
Rainplan does, directly, as the work gets done. Your contractor sends their bills to us, we check them, you give the OK, and we pay. Your contractor keeps their own contract with you; we are not part of it, and we don't tell them how to do the work.
Yes. Your contractor joins our Provider Network before any money moves, and we pay them directly as each stage is approved. The work itself is covered by your contract with them. Or get bids from contractors already in the network, at no cost to you.
It depends on where you live and whether a rebate program is involved: the county or city, the program's inspector, or an independent professional. We tell you which before you sign.
No. Project Sponsorship and Assurance stands on its own. Most people do start with a Rebate Claim, because the rebate shrinks what you pay back and Scope and Solution Design gets you bids you can compare.
We cover projects that manage rain or save water and can be inspected when done: permeable pavers, rain gardens, green roofs, cisterns and rain barrels, tree plantings, turf replacement. Not general home improvement. Each project is reviewed before we commit.
Fifteen minutes with a Rainplanner. Bring your plan or your contractor's bid if you have one. If you don't, start with your address.
