HIPS on rented property coming in October

clutton_2

its a pointless exercise - tenants can see if a house is double glazed, mid-end-terraced, centrally heated etc etc they dont need a bit of paper to tell them that.

Under the regs there is NO compulsion to DO anything about a poor insulated house - so what is the point ?

""A LL and LA CANNOT advertise a property for rent from the 1st October 2008 unless an EPC is on file to provide the prospective applicant/tenant.""

i am not sure this is true.

i think i have read that an acceptable prospective tenant must be shown a Certificate - so if i get chavs arriving, - i dont show them the cert as i dont want them to have the property

who and how will this nonsense be policed by ?

the local authority private housing sector is still struggling to cope with the 2004 Housing Acts new provisions (HMO licenses, Selective licensing, advising tenants re Deposit protection schemes etc) - let alone adding further "policing" duties.

yet another nanny state nonsense

prudryden

""A LL and LA CANNOT advertise a property for rent from the 1st October 2008 unless an EPC is on file to provide the prospective applicant/tenant.""

i am not sure this is true.

Correct - You can still advertise the property.

pampam

Do existing long term tenants have to have a certificate from their landlord?
I can't find a clear answer to this quetion anywhere!
Please help
Thanks
pam

prudryden

pampam wrote: »

Do existing long term tenants have to have a certificate from their landlord?
I can't find a clear answer to this quetion anywhere!
Please help
Thanks
pam

Not at the moment unless the law changes.

pampam

Thanks
That's one less thing to worry about!!
Cheers
pam

LittleMissAspie

I'm an existing tenant and my LA sent a bloke round the other week to do the EPC. I think it's pointless though, it's pretty obvious whether a place will be more or less expensive to heat.

We used to be in a large 2-bed flat with a flat roof, skylight and 9 radiators. Guess what, it was hard to keep the place warm on my stingy budget. We moved to a 1-bed house with small rooms and only 3 radiators, guess what, it's pennies to heat. And that's with an inefficient back boiler.