Another excellent article from our regular guest blogger, Ben Reeve-Lewis, this time on the advantages of green landlording. Energy efficiency and grants for landlords So with Grant Shapps announcing the end of HIPs and the increased importance of EPCs, it is a timely opportunity to look at landlords and the environment. Do you consider yourself…
I read an interesting article by Karen Dugdale in the Ob today (sadly it is not online so I cannot link to it), about energy efficiency for rented properties. The conventional view is that it is not worth a landlord bothering to make a property eco friendly, as tenants will get all the benefit and…
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Energy Efficiency Certificates
The government has announced details of the energy efficiency certificates that will need to be included in Home Information Packs (“HIPS”). It is believed that private residential landlords will in due course be required to provide tenants with a similar certificate. See this page regarding this (you will need to scroll down to the bottom)….