Jun 30, 2021 | Other News
30 Jun 2021 A landlord has been ordered by his local council to remove energy efficient triple glazed windows installed at a cost of some £10,000. The council’s action has even made the BBC News which reports that Mike West replaced single-glazed sliding sash windows...Jun 8, 2021 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
08 Jun 2021 Under new legislation being considered, homeowners living in poorly insulated and draughty homes (meaning they would have a low EPC rating) could pay more for their mortgages and lose value from their homes under Government plans to prioritise mortgages on...Apr 9, 2021 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
09 Apr 2021 A respected private rental sector body wants the government to slow its timetable for energy efficiency reform, warning that landlords could sell up if the current schedule remains in place. The Lettings Industry Council has written an open letter to the...Mar 29, 2021 | Civil Penalty, Other News
29 Mar 2021 And so the EPC witch-hunt begins…. Threatening fines of up to £5,000 for any rental property with an EPC lower than Band E, councils are now using artificial intelligence to pull together all manner of records and information to cross-correlate properties...Oct 1, 2020 | Legislation & Regulations, Other News
01 Oct 2020 The government has launched an official consultation on proposals to make the private rental sector more energy-efficient – and they include hefty fines for landlords who fail to invest to reach the new targets. A document released by the Department...Aug 29, 2020 | Other News
01 Sep 2020 With just a few weeks remaining until the opening of the Green Homes Grant, many buy-to-let landlords are preparing to take advantage of the initiative. Hundreds of thousands of property owners, including buy-to-let landlords, will be able to apply...Jul 21, 2020 | Other News
21 Jul 2020 An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy Research says: “Incentives should be matched with new regulation and enforcement actions to ensure compliance. “...Jul 10, 2020 | HHSRS, Other News
10 Jul 2020 Landlords and home owners will be able to fund energy efficiency improvements on their properties after a Green Homes Grant was unveiled by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday. Sunak’s economic update in the House of Commons yesterday included a £2bn...
