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The Ordering of Energy Performance Certificate Recommendations to Reduce Energy Use Are Illogical The recommendations of things that homeowners can do to improve the score they achieve on their energy performance certificates (EPCs) look illogical in terms of the order in which they are presented – and no one in the media ever seems to have ever asked why. Also, […]
Read moreThe Home Energy Model (the Latest Stupid Plan to Make People Cold in Their Own Homes and to Shake Down Taxpayers for more Subsidies for Renewables) Thought the Nut Zero stuff on energy performance certificates had been canned with the PM’s announcement of abandoning plans for a minimum Energy Performance Certificate grade of C in all rental properties by 2028? […]
Read moreSo I now read that in Scotland there is a proposal to force home owners to install a cold pump, (also known as heat pump), within two years of purchasing a property. I am sure sellers of warm overcoats that look just great when worn inside the home will be delighted at this news. Here is the story from the […]
Read moreIt has been a great week for landlords. The ludicrous and nonsensical deadlines for landlords to get to energy performance certificates (EPC) grade C have been binned. It is a shame for all the landlords for whom this was all too much and who have already sold their properties. But is it still a great result for those remaining in […]
Read moreIn January 2021 the Government closed its consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented housing. It proposed that by April 2025 all new tenancies would need to be for properties with an energy performance rating of C or better and applied to all private rented housing by April 2028. It also proposed a national cap on the amount […]
Read moreSo now we know. The deadline to reach grade C for all residential let properties has been put back a bit, that is at least good news. EPC Deadline Put Back But No Guidance Yet on What to Do to Meet EPC Grade C This is part of the UK’s self-imposed and unique drive to get to Net Carbon zero […]
Read moreI have just spent a fun couple of days looking through the Energy Performance Certificates for two clients and for my own portfolio. INCREASING YOUR ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE TO GRADE C I was rather worried that we might all have to do a lot of work and spend a lot of money to get our properties up to EPC grade […]
Read moreI make no apology about visiting the issue of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) once again. This time, looking also at mortgages. MORTGAGES AND ENERGY PERFOMANCE CERTIFICATES EPCS This is one we really must watch. (I am not going to repeat the points raised in previous posts – to read these please see the links at the end). There can be […]
Read moreWHEN SHOULD I DO WORKS TO GET TOWARDS AN EPC GRADE C? If you have been a landlord for any length of time you will know that it makes sense to do the works to upgrade the energy efficiency of your property whenever the opportunity presents itself. So, if the frames around the old single glazed windows are looking worn […]
Read moreA New Non Gas Boiler Will Cost You More, But Greta Wills It So, now that the Covid “Pandemic” fear is easing off a bit, at least for now, we can expect a whole lot of new fears about global warming, or as we now have to call it, “climate change” to come to the fore in the controlled press. […]
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