Landlord EPC Information

Posted on May 31st, 2008 | by John Glenn |

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Every home that is marketed for sale must have an EPC as part of a HIP (Home Information Pack), which details a home’s energy efficiency. In order to issue a certificate it is necessary to conduct a survey of the property either by a qualified DEA (Domestic Energy Assessor) or a Home Inspector (HI).

All homes being let will be required to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) from 1 October 2008. Although there are very much complexities about this certificate, but it is very important to be understand as it is compulsory that every landlord should give a copy of this certificate to all prospective tenants.

The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) and recommendation report must be made available free of charge by the seller or a landlord to a prospective buyer or tenant at the earliest or before any survey is conducted, when any written information about the building is provided in response to a request for information received from the prospective buyer.

An Energy Performance Certificate does not have to be made available if the seller believes that the prospective buyer or tenant is unlikely to have sufficient funds to purchase or rent the property or is not genuinely interested in buying or renting that type of property or the seller or landlord is unlikely to be prepared to sell or rent out the property to the prospective buyer or tenant.