Tag: EPC
EPC costs will force rural landlords to offload 50,000 properties, warns...
Energy efficiency changes could result in landlords selling off more than 50,000 rural rented homes, sparking rent increases and a worsening housing...
Legal Case: Home Group v Henry – serving section 21 notices
In the case of Home Group v Henry (2018), at Newcastle County Court, a landlord had served a S21 notice on its...
Landlords advised to future-proof properties by aiming higher with EPC standards
By aiming for higher than the minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) “E” rating when improving their privately rented homes, landlords will not...
Section 21 – serving EPCs for HMO tenants?
Court Case:
With all the additional prescribed requirements introduced for assured shorthold tenancies of late, there is something of...
Average landlord will need £26k to meet climate standards
Energy efficiency:
The Committee on
Climate Change (CCC) has estimated that average private landlord will have...
Thousands of landlords could be vulnerable to fines over EPCs
Energy Performance:
With the introduction last year of new energy performance standards
for thousands of rental...
Energy Efficiency Inquiry response from ARLA
Targets too
Ambitious:
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Parliamentary Committee
has launched an inquiry into...
Report says Buy-to-let landlords could face £3500 energy bill
Energy Efficiency:
Introduced in April (2018) all rented premises in England and Wales must meet Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) of an EPC rating set...
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...
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...