Buying, Selling or Letting A Property?
Then look no further, here at Attic Property Service's our "Established Company of Solicitors" is at hand to make your Sale/Purchase run as smoothly as possible. If in the event you may need legal advice regarding your rented property or even a Will, they are here to help.
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Changes in the market also state that any persons selling or letting a property will require one or both of the following:-
HIP's & EPC's
We can arrange either or both of the above at your request, prices are based on current market conditions and extremely competitive prices.
Landlords
Get your EPC today - Don’t fall foul of the law
Are you risking a £200 fine by not having an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) in place for your buy to let property?
From 1 October 2008, landlords have a legal obligation to provide prospective tenants with a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC
All properties built or physically completed on or after 6 April 2008 will need to have an EPC provided on construction.
This will also apply if a building is converted into fewer or more units and changes are made to the heating, hot water provision, air conditioning or ventilation services.
Failure to comply will result in a £200 fine. Don’t risk it.
Energy Performances Certificates tell owners and potential buyers and tenants about the energy efficiency of a home and how it can be improved.
An EPC comes with a recommendation report which includes advice and suggestions on improvements you could make to save money and energy.
With the current energy prices, following the recommendations could soon help save you money. Moreover, the EPC gives you a good starting point for you to apply for grants to increase your property’s energy efficiency, which in turn can help make your property more attractive to potential tenants.
The energy performance certificate also shows the rating that could be achieved if all the recommendations are followed.
It gives the building a standard energy and carbon emission efficiency grade from ‘A’ to ‘G’, where ‘A’ is the best and with the average to date being D/E. This is shown on the certificate in a format similar to the energy labels that are often used for domestic appliances and cars.
In the case of new homes, you will get a shorter recommendation report that contains recommendations for more advanced energy improvements, such as solar panels. This is because most energy-saving improvements will have already been included in the design of the property.
The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and recommendation report must be made available free of charge by a landlord to a prospective tenant at the earliest opportunity.
This should happen no later than when written information about the building is provided in response to a request for information received from the prospective tenant or when a viewing is conducted.
An EPC for rented property is valid for ten years. Only accredited energy assessors are able to produce Energy Performance Certificates (EPC), using Government approved software programs.