Information recently received from the local police that “residents in the Apostle[s] Roads have experienced people knocking door to door in regards to a ‘Government Scheme’ involving loft insulation. These males have been seen knocking between the hours of 18:00 and 20:00.”

However, they don’t belong to any Government scheme currently operating in the borough – there are currently two schemes being run in regards to loft and cavity wall insulation in Merton, these are performed by Osborne Energy and London Warm Zones. The advice of the police is:

“If . . . anyone who comes to your door ask for identification and establish who they are.”

This isn’t the first time that Apostles residents have complained about dodgy door-to-door salesmen.

Cheshire Constabulary’s website has a good section on dealing with suspicious door-to-door callers.