Tag: energy efficiency

Landlords are not cash cows – but we are caught up in the EPC net

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th June 2025, 10 months ago | 21

Are there any other landlords who are fed up with the narrative that we are swimming in wealth, ready to...

NRLA calls for more funding to boost Boiler Upgrade Scheme for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th June 2025, 10 months ago | 1

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) is calling for extra funding to help landlords install heat pumps. Responding to the...

Scottish landlords brace for stricter EPC regulations by 2033

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2025, 11 months ago | 1

Private landlords in Scotland face a big overhaul of energy efficiency requirements, with new proposals mandating that all privately rented...

Renters spend £700 on décor to personalise their home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th May 2025, 12 months ago | 2

Tenants are spending almost £700 on average making stylistic, temporary changes transform their living spaces, a study reveals. The findings...

Government to train thousands of retrofit workers but EPC C targets may be ‘impossible’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th May 2025, 12 months ago | 7

The government have announced plans to train more than 18,000 retrofit professionals to meet energy-efficiency targets. The National Residential Landlords...

The great EPC fiasco: Labour’s Net Zero madness WILL cripple landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

9th May 2025, 12 months ago | 15

A few weeks ago, I warned that the private rented sector (PRS) faces a far graver threat from the government’s...

2028 EPC deadline could cut rental supply, warns UK Finance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2025, 12 months ago | 4

The government should abandon the 2028 deadline for all new tenancies to meet EPC C targets, claims UK Finance. In...

Labour considers EPC C exemptions for listed buildings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2025, 1 year ago | 6

The Labour government could relax energy-efficiency rules and allow listed buildings to be exempt from EPC C targets, claim The...

Tenant organisation criticises £15k EPC cost cap and calls for two-year rent freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2025, 1 year ago | 19

A tenant organisation has slammed the proposed £15,000 cost cap for landlords making energy-efficiency improvements and instead calls for a...

Charity demands EPC C targets as soon as possible but landlords struggle in accessing grants and high costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th April 2025, 1 year ago | 15

A charity claims energy efficiency standards should be raised to EPC C as soon as possible in the private rented...

Landlords reveal their costliest mistakes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2025, 1 year ago | 7

Research has revealed a range of expensive mistakes that landlords make with 19% of them saying that costly renovations that...

Industry body urges government to abandon EPCs as measure of fuel poverty

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th April 2025, 1 year ago | 1

An industry body is calling for energy performance certificates (EPCs) to be abolished to measure fuel poverty. Currently, fuel poverty...

New £30,000 Warm Home Local Grant scheme – misappropriation of government resources?

Author: Readers Question

4th April 2025, 1 year ago | 3

With the new warm home £30,000 grants it’s difficult to imagine a more inefficient way of improving energy efficiency,when so...

Stamp duty hike will challenge PRS landlord investment plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd April 2025, 1 year ago | 1

The higher stamp duty rates that came into effect this month will threaten landlord investment strategies, a survey reveals. The...

Landlords face expensive EPC upgrades as Ed Miliband’s own home fails to meet targets

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2025, 1 year ago | 15

Landlords could face an eye-watering £28k to upgrade their properties to meet EPC C targets with student landlords being hardest...

More than 5,000 retrofits needed a day to meet EPC C targets costing landlords thousands

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2025, 1 year ago | 17

A video by the NRLA reveals that 5,000 retrofits would need to be completed every working day to meet EPC...

Landlords face a £21.6 billion bill for EPC upgrades

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Landlords in England and Wales’ private rented sector are looking at forking out £21.6 billion to meet new energy performance...

Major changes to EPCs coming in 2026

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th February 2025, 1 year ago | 61

The way energy performance certificates (EPCs) are measured could be changed as soon as 2026. The government has launched a...

Government’s EPC drive overlooks high-rise and leasehold homes – TPI

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th February 2025, 1 year ago | 5

The government’s strategy for boosting the energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings in the private rented sector has been met with...

Landlords to meet 2030 EPC deadline with a £15,000 cap – Government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th February 2025, 1 year ago | 115

Private landlords in England will need to upgrade their properties to meet a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of...