Tag: Energy performance certificates (EPC)
BREAKING: Landlords lauded as official report reveals PRS greener than expected
Private landlords in England and Wales have been praised for being one step ahead of the government’s energy efficiency certificate (EPC) rules...
Has regulation of the industry become too much for some landlords?
Post-COVID, the landscape for landlords and lettings business owners shows further regulation and tightening of the rules.
The...
LATEST: Government to get serious about policing rented property EPCs next...
Housing minister Christopher Pincher (pictured, above) has revealed plans to clamp down on landlords and letting agents who do not hold or...
‘Give landlords more time to upgrade properties to new energy efficiency...
A leading industry lobbying organisation says the government’s proposed draconian minimum energy efficiency standards or MEES are unfair to landlords.
LATEST: Scotland suspends minimum EPC rating rules – will England follow...
Scottish government says its councils need to concentrate on Coronavirus and that work to upgrade properties would compromise tradespeople, tenant and landlord...
Agents will need to check their landlords’ EPC ratings
Find EPC Rating:
Checking out a rental property’s EPC rating is a relatively simply process that any agent or landlord can do instantly online. Providing...
New algorithms to calculate EPC ratings
Many landlords have long suspected that the DCLG approved national calculation methodologies and software programs were seriously flawed when they produced EPC ratings for...
How to Rent Guide, latest version now available
Pre-tenancy information:
At the commencement of every new assured shorthold tenancy (AST), and for renewal tenancies, it is now very important that landlords give the...
Government Rethink on MEES
Energy Ratings of Lettings:
Landlords have welcomed the Government’s decision to moderate the amount it expects landlords to pay for energy efficiency improvements to comply...
5 per cent of rentals don’t meet energy standards
A new study carried out by AXA insurance has found that around one in 20 rental properties in the UK do not yet meet...