New research by the Mortgages for Business brokerage suggests that just under a quarter of landlords’ properties have an Energy Performance Certificate of D or below.
The firm says the problem of updating properties is exacerbated by older housing stock in the UK as they are more likely to have poorer EPC ratings and will need more money to improve.
Some 36 per cent of properties in the private rented sector were built before 1940.
Proposed regulations state that new tenancies should have an EPC rating of C or above from 2025, and all existing tenancies should get to that rating by 2028.
Recent research from Landbay suggests only 54 per cent of landlords with one to three properties know about the government’s EPC requirements although 80 per cent of portfolio landlords with 10 or more properties - and 70 per cent of those with four to 10 properties - were aware of the proposals.
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Rubbish. All mine are D and nearly everyone I speak to is in the same boat. Someone either can’t count or fake news is having a field day.
I agree - 25% is way too low to be true.
I believe large numbers are “D” but some are not a bad “D” say if they are at 67-68 it might not take too much effort to tip the balance to “C”.
This idea of people not knowing is rubbish, they know a lot more than they would have you believe, they know when the rent is due.
I wouldn't like to guess numbers or percentages, but I'm sure the vast majority of rented properties are under a C rating , car crash coming towards the end of this decade , someone in government needs to be waking up
33% of mine are D or E.
It would be reasonably easy to get a C on two of them. Dimplex Quantum in one and solar panels on the other. One is impossible to get above a D. It's a ground floor leasehold flat so I'm only allowed to do what the freeholder will give consent for and no option of solar. The others will be pot luck on the day with the assessor. I have photos of lots of roof insulation being installed but whether the assessor accepts it exists isn't guaranteed.
There's also no guarantee a property that is currently C rated will still be C rated next time it's assessed. A couple of mine were 5 points lower on the most recent assessment.
Agree that happens I had one of mine down graded but I appealed it, it had to go to the Board and I had it put back. It was one I had built to the Building Regulation’s and was inspected by NHBC as I was a member at the time I build and had completion Certificate originally. Assessors sometimes say things like no floor insulation assumed etc.
Then they’ll move the goalposts again and to get a c you’ll have to have tripled glazed windows and a house made of polystyrene
The long term plan , agenda 2030 is the destruction of the prs and no more private ownership of land
you’ll quite literally own nothing and you’ll be happy- or else 😅
The epc garbage and climate con are their weapons of mass destruction…
I have a property rated D and advised replacing the hot water tank jacket will bring it up to a C.
Its a lot higher than that, I looked at the numbers a few months ago, 62% of all EPCs are D or lower, you can simply extrapolate those numbers to the PRS.
I have 2 identical properties with identical loft conversions. One was rated a D, the other a C. The assessors are inconsistent.
You can spend money on low energy lighting, efficient boiler with thermostat, roof insulation, then they'll fail you on some nonsense such as no cavity wall insulation, totally failing to take into consideration the damage this can do to some older properties. These assessors are not building control officers or hold any reasonable qualification in understanding build quality etc.
Finally, what happens when they inevitably reassess the certificates and this awful excuse for a government come up with some more crackpot schemes, such as downgrading condensing boilers and forcing you to spend thousands and thousands on a garbage heat pump that don't heat the house properly? I guess you could congratulate yourself (whilst freezing away) for trying to save the planet even though your efforts will mean nothing as consumption goes through the roof in emerging economies like India, China and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Agreed these '' QUALIFIED ?'' assessors do a 2 day course, they know F all about buildings yet are let loose to issue EPC certificates, it's like sending Joe Smith on a 2 day course to become a HGV MOT tester .
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