Would energy rating put you off buying??

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We’ve lived in our solid walled house for 33 years and had no problem with condensation or high heating bills. (see my post #22) Many years ago we double insulated the loft floor and that’s all we’ve ever spent on insulation.

If I had paid someone £4,500 (or whatever) to ‘solve my problem’ I’d simply have thrown it away. Like brixham, we are as warm as toast in the winter, and find it no problem at all. In the summer the house is wonderfully cool.

It seems people are only too willing to jump to conclusions on a topic like this.

autismmum

we also do not have cavity walls, we have improved our rating by replacing all windows with pilk k heat reflective and spraysealing the loft plus under boarding traditional loft insulation, solar panels on our kitchen roof and fitting a woodburning stove in conjuction with our new combi gas boiler. would any of these help you?

Eon4

One of the EAs who quoted to market our house said they plan to use the energy ratings to set new council tax levels in the next few years.....

Was he talking bull?? Haven't heard that anywhere else?

bubblesmoney

autismmum wrote: »

we also do not have cavity walls, we have improved our rating by replacing all windows with pilk k heat reflective and spraysealing the loft plus under boarding traditional loft insulation, solar panels on our kitchen roof and fitting a woodburning stove in conjuction with our new combi gas boiler. would any of these help you?

can u give some links to the heat reflective windows that u mention.
also for the solar panels for the kitchen. do u mean solar water heating or is that for electricity
just curious whether this can be done for newer houses and cut heating / electricity bills etc. what are the costs involved? any pointers please

barnaby-bear

pinkshoes wrote: »

I wouldn't give two hoots about what some poxy energy rating says! If it's cold and gas prices increase, I'll put a bloomin' jumper on!

I thought this but once rented a terrace with a downstairs single brick bathroom - it wasn't the freezing cold middle of the night run but because it was so cold - the tiled walls ran with condensation, so you'd be paddling in cold water on the floor. Those single skin jutted outs downstairs bathrooms on terraces etc now a no-go for me.