Pre Rental Inspection

If you wish to rent or lease your property. Be it a flat or whole house you, as the landlord, must ensure that an EPC is available to potential prospective tenants at the time of viewings. It is obligatory to provide the EPC and it is suggested that you have a signed receipt of acceptance of the EPC when the tenant moves in.

An existing residential EPC inspection, entails a survey being undertaken of an existing dwelling to ascertain the energy performance of the home.

 Conducted by a certified professional (DEA) Domestic Energy Assessor at a date to be specified. Home Energy inspections are a compulsory part of the process of bringing a property to the rental market 

The DEA inspection is not a pass/fail test or provide a to-do list for the landlord. However, it will soon be a requirement that a grade E be achieved for all rental properties in the U.K.

The purpose of a home energy inspection is to provide the tenant with the home's energy performance condition at the time of viewing. Armed with the information our report will provide. Your prospective tenants can make your decision with confidence as to how much the home will cost them in terms of heating and energy usage. 

Though the software that generates the EPC does make assumptions on what an average family would require in terms of energy usage. So there will be anomalies in certain situations.

If the owner of the house has any information about the building pertinent to the energy inspection it can make the survey more accurate if the evidence is provided on the day of the survey. Items such as:

• Details of heating systems
• Alternative energy Systems and the MCS certificate.
• Cooling Systems
• Insulation Systems that have been retrospectively applied to the building
• Attic/loft conversions documentation particularly in respect of the age of installation

A home inspection will typically include a walk-through tour of the house during which the condition of the property is closely scrutinized. The assessor will take photographs and measurements to support his findings.

During the home inspection, the assessor will look for issues that could have significant impact from a health and safety perspective it will make the assessors job easier to complete if access is readily available to areas such as meter cupboards and loft hatches.

Once the home inspection is completed, you will receive a comprehensive report that is easy to understand. Everything identified during the inspection will be included in the report.

Armed with the information our report will provide, your prospective tenants can make their decision with confidence.

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