Energy Performance Certificates
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- An EPC tells you how energy efficient your home or property is.
- There are 3 main kinds of energy performance certificate: Residential EPC (also known as Domestic EPC), Commercial EPC and Display EPC (Dec). Although it can be contained in a Home Information Pack (HIP), the energy performance certificate is a completely separate document in it own right.
- The EPC is a LEGAL requirement and has been since 2008.
- You will not be able to sell your home without an EPC (part of the legal requirement)
- You will not be able to build a home or property without an EPC (part of the legal requirement)
- EPC’s must be purchased from an accredited domestic energy assessor.
- When you are selling your house you may be offered the EPC as part of the package undertaken by your estate agent however you may be tied in with this option. You are free to by your energy performance certificate independently.
- EPC prices vary and are set by the Domestic Energy Assessors. (See 1stepec’s excellent rates on our homepage)
- An EPC is generally valid for 10 years. An exception arises if the EPC is part of a home information pack, in which case the EPC needs to be less than 3 years old when the home is placed on the market.
- The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) gives home owners, tenants and buyers information on the energy efficiency of their property. It gives the building a standard energy and carbon emission efficiency grade from ‘A’ to ‘G’, where ‘A’ is the most efficient and with the average to date being ‘D’
