§ Energy Performance Certificate
A ten-year statement of how the house uses energy.
EPCs are used to determine the energy efficiency of a residential property (not a new build). A statutory requirement for selling or renting a home, and for some grant applications.
§ Brief
A short orientation — what the report covers, how it reads, and what it's for.
I rate a home on an A–G scale and indicate heating and lighting performance along with the property's CO2 emissions. Where applicable, I recommend energy-efficiency improvements to lift the rating.
Certificates last ten years, but I can replace them to account for any improvements — a new boiler, wall insulation, roof-space insulation and so on. As an accredited domestic EPC assessor with the Elmhurst Accreditation Scheme, I'm qualified to lodge EPCs on the national database.
§ When you need one
The four common triggers.
Selling a property
You must have a valid EPC before marketing a home for sale. Agents cannot advertise without one — I can have one lodged for you quickly.
Renting a property
Landlords must provide an EPC to tenants before letting. Currently, rentals require a minimum E rating; I can tell you where you stand. Under the Goverment roadmap for future renting properties will require a C rating or above from 2030 onwards.
Grant applications
An EPC is often required as supporting evidence for eco-grant initiatives and similar schemes, and I can produce one for that purpose.
Testing improvements
A fresh EPC from me after works — new boiler, insulation, glazing — confirms the uplift and records it on the national database.
§ What I look at
Twelve inputs, one rating.
§ Net zero
EPCs are quietly becoming more important.
Use by the Government in support of its net-zero policy, eco-grant initiatives and rental standards means the EPC on your house now does more than sit at the back of a sales pack. It is a small piece of public record that the house carries with it.
§ Combine the visit
Instruct with a survey and save a trip.
If you're already commissioning a Home Buyer or Building Survey from me, it is possible to carry out an EPC assesment in the same visit.
§ Plates
From recent files.
A handful of recent properties — composition and crop only, no identifying detail.
Pl. 01 — Home with solar panels
Pl. 02 — Semi-detached home
Pl. 03 — Terraced home
Pl. 04 — Apartment building
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Send the address and the type of report you're after. A fixed fee and likely inspection window follow the same working day.