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It is not obvious to me how Victorian city centres will manage to become EPC C by mid-2020s and B by 2030, per expected Govt goals. Hopefully new technology and better ways of assessing the impact, will emerge in a needs driven or innovation driven fashion. It is not the Energy consumption that matters most, it is the *emissions* (CO2 secondary to fossil fuel burning), though at present the first proxies the second. Also, on a per capita basis, I'd surmise that HMOs and probably rental properties generally are quite energy efficient due to higher people density - the empty nest, not energy upgrading , larger owner-occupied homes, might be burning a lot more gas? I am not an expert but wonder whether the present strategies have robust supporting evidence? I am certainly not persuaded that the present 'tick box' EPC evaluation software is sufficient, nor thresholding where quantitative scales could be used. The actual gas usage for example, esp per capita gas usage, is very relevant. Ultimately green electric should predominate. While upgrading a property from F or G to E should be quite simple and expected, getting older buildings up to B currently implies capital expenses which most landlords and private owners could not absorb into running costs.
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Most of our HMO Tenants are young professionals whose identities are easy to check; and many have strong employment credentials too. However, when more careful thorough checks are necessary, it is quite onerous. And it is not clear in my head, who would be paying for that when the Tenant fees ban kicks in. We effectively run our own lettings office for our HMOs, though not at present for independent third parties. If the extra workload is problematic to cost in as a referencing fee, would we do two rent options, one for a UK passport holder, one for someone bringing less ready security either on identity or on employment credentials? - and this of course would likely force our preference toward a UK passport holder. As a generality, it is true that one has to pay higher if causing more risk (eg mortgage and other lending works that way; dangerous/risky jobs have to pay more etc etc), so higher rent where there is more risk, seems the route to go?
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