What Happens to a Sunrun Subscription When You Sell the House?
Summary
Sunrun's subscription plan, its monthly solar lease, is set up to pass to the buyer. The seller sends Sunrun contact details for the buyer and the escrow company along with the closing date, the buyer goes through a soft credit check that does not affect their score, and everyone signs a transfer agreement through DocuSign. A seller can also prepay the rest of the agreement and fold that cost into the home's price.
Steps in a transfer
Sunrun's "Moving Made Easy" page lays out the process. The seller gathers the buyer's and escrow company's contact information and submits the closing date, plus prepayment details if the seller is prepaying. The buyer completes a soft credit check. All parties sign the transfer agreement via DocuSign, and the seller gets a final invoice for the energy produced up to the day the transfer is completed.
The same page's FAQ says Sunrun does not put a lien on the home. Some states do require Sunrun to file a notice of the agreement on the title, so a home may show an NOIEPC/PUC and/or a UCC, and Sunrun removes it temporarily during the transfer at no cost.
If the buyer does not want the agreement, the seller can prepay the remaining service and bundle it into the home's price. The new owners then get power from the system until the agreement ends, and at that point Sunrun can remove the system at no extra cost.
What the pages leave out
None of the Sunrun pages cited here states a transfer fee, a minimum credit standard for the buyer, an option to move the system to a new house, or a buyout price partway through the term. Sunrun's glossary lists contract length and terms, along with payment structure and possible increases, as items to weigh before signing.
Selling a home with an owned system
Under the subscription Sunrun owns and maintains the system, with 24/7 monitoring, workmanship and energy production guarantees for the life of the contract, and a five-year roof penetration warranty. An owner who paid cash or took a loan is responsible for upkeep and gets the manufacturers' equipment warranties, a 10-year workmanship guarantee and the same five-year roof penetration warranty. For owned and financed systems, Sunrun recommends selling the system with the house and including its cost in the price.
Solar does not end the utility bill under either plan. Sunrun writes that most homeowners still have a bill from their utility after going solar, typically a lower one.
Sources
- Sunrun — Moving Made Easy
- Sunrun — Solar Service Transfer (updated April 8, 2026)
- Sunrun — Monthly Solar Lease (Subscription)
- Sunrun — Owned Plans vs Subscription
- Sunrun — Solar Lease (updated April 9, 2026)
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