Hi Caroline, Please don’t be disheartened by this or some of the negative comments you have received, not many truly understand EPCs including many assessors. EPCs when introduced in 2007 could be performed by Domestic Energy Assessors who gained qualification...
Reply to the comment left by Bob S at 25/02/2021 - 12:43Very well put. As far as the storage heaters are concerned we have found on a number of different properties that the Dimplex Quantum HHSRS range Q070RF and Q100RF...
Reply to the comment left by Manu Patel at 21/02/2021 - 23:31Seems like you maybe referring to the limited information on an EPC recommendations report for improvement guidance and there are other options you could look at. If you would...
Reply to the comment left by Mark Hartell at 22/02/2021 - 02:04Hi Mark, Please send your contact details to [email protected] and one of our energy assessor team will be in touch as soon as possible.
Reply to the comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 19:45In short what I am explaining is a non standard way around the scenario to avoid unnecessary work, I remind you several times I have said it will be...
Reply to the comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 19:45Hi Robert, Honestly I would not be surprised if it was not stated clearly in the assessors guide, we have come across so many grey areas it is unbelievable....
Reply to the comment left by David Price at 21/02/2021 - 13:29Your not wrong and it’s not that rules have changed, it’s just that during an audit you can explain and prove that these photos (now 10 years old) where...
Reply to the comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 12:42Lenders requesting EPCs and rejecting lending on those that don’t meet the MEES standard (minimum ImE rating) is actually already a widespread norm across the industry. They are doing...
Reply to the comment left by Mark Hartell at 21/02/2021 - 01:42Hi Mark, Actually the recommendations reports are quite limited and there are many other aspects that could boost your property rating (though A and B maybe out of the...
Reply to the comment left by Gunga Din at 20/02/2021 - 12:49That’s exactly the issue, procedures are not well thought out and there are many who attempt to and many who still manage to abuse in other ways. I wouldn’t...
Reply to the comment left by Gunga Din at 20/02/2021 - 11:48It’s not what we think as assessors, it’s the way the software has been built which does not allow us to add such additions as the software works on...
The problem is this when it comes to what this discussion has now turned into: A need to achieve a certain rating and the fact that the EPC assessment and software grades a property based on installed items, not how...
Reply to the comment left by Paul landlord at 18/02/2021 - 22:48Before that happens most landlords will have a ground/air source heat pump installed, it’s currently one of the improvements gaining the highest ratings when producing EPCs and not hugely...
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Hi Caroline, Please don’t be disheartened by this or some of the negative comments you have received, not many truly understand EPCs including many assessors. EPCs when introduced in 2007 could be performed by Domestic Energy Assessors who gained qualification...
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Reply to the comment left by Bob S at 25/02/2021 - 12:43Very well put. As far as the storage heaters are concerned we have found on a number of different properties that the Dimplex Quantum HHSRS range Q070RF and Q100RF...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Manu Patel at 21/02/2021 - 23:31
Reply to the comment left by Manu Patel at 21/02/2021 - 23:31Seems like you maybe referring to the limited information on an EPC recommendations report for improvement guidance and there are other options you could look at. If you would...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Hartell at 22/02/2021 - 02:04
Reply to the comment left by Mark Hartell at 22/02/2021 - 02:04Hi Mark, Please send your contact details to [email protected] and one of our energy assessor team will be in touch as soon as possible.
Read More →Reply to comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 19:45
Reply to the comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 19:45In short what I am explaining is a non standard way around the scenario to avoid unnecessary work, I remind you several times I have said it will be...
Read More →Reply to comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 19:45
Reply to the comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 19:45Hi Robert, Honestly I would not be surprised if it was not stated clearly in the assessors guide, we have come across so many grey areas it is unbelievable....
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 21/02/2021 - 13:29
Reply to the comment left by David Price at 21/02/2021 - 13:29Your not wrong and it’s not that rules have changed, it’s just that during an audit you can explain and prove that these photos (now 10 years old) where...
Read More →Reply to comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 12:42
Reply to the comment left by ROBERT STAMP at 21/02/2021 - 12:42Lenders requesting EPCs and rejecting lending on those that don’t meet the MEES standard (minimum ImE rating) is actually already a widespread norm across the industry. They are doing...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Hartell at 21/02/2021 - 01:42
Reply to the comment left by Mark Hartell at 21/02/2021 - 01:42Hi Mark, Actually the recommendations reports are quite limited and there are many other aspects that could boost your property rating (though A and B maybe out of the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Gunga Din at 20/02/2021 - 12:49
Reply to the comment left by Gunga Din at 20/02/2021 - 12:49That’s exactly the issue, procedures are not well thought out and there are many who attempt to and many who still manage to abuse in other ways. I wouldn’t...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Gunga Din at 20/02/2021 - 11:48
Reply to the comment left by Gunga Din at 20/02/2021 - 11:48It’s not what we think as assessors, it’s the way the software has been built which does not allow us to add such additions as the software works on...
Read More →Reply to comment left by john Henderson at 19/02/2021 - 07:21
The problem is this when it comes to what this discussion has now turned into: A need to achieve a certain rating and the fact that the EPC assessment and software grades a property based on installed items, not how...
Read More →Reply to comment left by paul landlord at 18/02/2021 - 22:48
Reply to the comment left by Paul landlord at 18/02/2021 - 22:48Before that happens most landlords will have a ground/air source heat pump installed, it’s currently one of the improvements gaining the highest ratings when producing EPCs and not hugely...
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