About 10 years ago I was working for a social housing landlord and I visited a modern tower block with Combined Heat and Power. The communal areas were stifling hot and there was no way to introduce ventilation/air circulation but...
While this sounds good in principle I am concerned that there will be multiple bits of kit that don't talk to each other. I can't even get my doctor's surgery to link up with my hospital records, because they use...
Don't you have to evict the tenants to carry out the works? Most EPC recommendations I see require 1) External wall insulation (£20k for a 3 bed semi) - to do this can the Government abolish Conservation Areas? 2) Internal...
Sorry tenant - I dont have alternative accommodation but I did live in my own home while it was totally re-wired (as I didn't have anywhere else to live and nobody would provide with one). So you'll have to move...
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8th July 2026, 2 months ago
About 10 years ago I was working for a social housing landlord and I visited a modern tower block with Combined Heat and Power. The communal areas were stifling hot and there was no way to introduce ventilation/air circulation but...
Read More →10th April 2026, 5 months ago
While this sounds good in principle I am concerned that there will be multiple bits of kit that don't talk to each other. I can't even get my doctor's surgery to link up with my hospital records, because they use...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 01/04/2026 - 11:55
Or "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics!";-)
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 01/04/2026 - 11:14
Perhaps it is because large numbers of "modern", hence more energy efficient, buildings are built on flood plains because its nice and flat?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jeremy Johnson at 29/07/2025 - 17:12
With 11 people, and rising, per rental property surely the risk of a void period is falling?
Read More →30th July 2025, 1 year ago
Don't you have to evict the tenants to carry out the works? Most EPC recommendations I see require 1) External wall insulation (£20k for a 3 bed semi) - to do this can the Government abolish Conservation Areas? 2) Internal...
Read More →17th April 2025, 1 year ago
Sorry tenant - I dont have alternative accommodation but I did live in my own home while it was totally re-wired (as I didn't have anywhere else to live and nobody would provide with one). So you'll have to move...
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