Nigel Farage slams Renters’ Rights Bill and EPC rules
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Should landlords get an EPC now or wait for new regulations?
9:38 AM, 15th October 2024, 1 year ago
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Hello all, like everyone I dreaded telling my tenants that their “forever home” might not be forever due to the antics of Ed Miliband and co. I even had a comment to that effect read out by Nigel Farage on GB News last week.
Bravely I decided to get my EPC’s redone sooner rather than later. One went up a staggering 7 points. I had done nothing in the 5 years of owning the flat. The second went up 10 points making it a C. All I had done was replace a 20 year old boiler. The third stayed the same.
The advice I got from the EPC man was that their system is changing next March and that may bring a whole different set of results.
So folks the conclusion I draw is get an assessment now, if there is a “cheap” fix do it. If not get another EPC done under the new regs next April. What do others think?
The EPC is cheap in comparison to anything else one might contemplate.
Thanks,
Dizzy
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boiler replacement impact, Energy Performance Certificate, energy regulations UK, EPC assessment, EPC changes 2025, EPC rating, home energy assessment, improve EPC rating, Landlord EPC requirements, property energy efficiency, renting and EPC
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10:23 AM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
Don`t bother, Milliband, The Destroyer of Common Sense, will not be in power when the EPC minimum level rises. Too few technicians to implement it, too few materials, too few landlords too afford it, too little interest by tenants.. it`s not going to happen.
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10:27 AM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
Jeeze
Just sit tight – as I said for the previous EPC nonesense – it will never happen
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11:36 AM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
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12:07 PM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by John MacAlevey at 15/10/2024 – 10:23
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12:18 PM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by SteveFowkes at 15/10/2024 – 10:27
Selling PRS properties won’t cause homelessness. It’ll just make the poorer people in our society homeless. The better off will be forced to buy a home of their own. Those that can only afford to buy will be homeless.
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12:44 PM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by SteveFowkes at 15/10/2024 – 10:27Agreed. I have done one in the past and it was a waste of money. Thinking I was helping the tenants to cheaper bills – who had lived there 19 years. The disruption was enough for them to move. I lost excellent tenants, spent a fortune, and never did recoup the costs as I ended up so pee off sold it! I’ve never done it since. And never will ‘cos I am out of all this uncertainty. Will sell. If CGT goes up I’ll sit on them empty. That should increase their value to cover the costs of CTAX and my remaining one will pay for the voids costs. Meanwhile the LA can provide temporary housing at nearly 4 times the rent I was charging. Who’s winning here? Not the tenants. Not the LA . Not landlords. Everyone makes a loss. No income. No tax. No money for benefits. Nothing for NHS. Not my problem. Stress free and investment elsewhere with no tenants.
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1:08 PM, 15th October 2024, About 1 year ago
My EPC assessor is adamant it’ll never come in. However, where I have made improvements to make it a C, I’ve had new EPCs done. If (big if) the regs do change, it buys me a few more years to get the work done.
Meanwhile, I’ll not do any simple EPC work (like increasing loft insulation) unless it means a C rating. Otherwise I’ll just have to spend more if a cap is introduced.
If there’s no cap I’ll have no choice but sell. And everyone loses. Crazy.