Energy Performance Certificate

Lizprice79

Hi, does anyone know how I go about getting an EPC and how much should it cost? I Googled it and have seen varying prices and don't want to end up with the wrong thing!
Thanks in advance!

Pete9501

We were quoted £45 by the estate agent until they checked and found an old one for the property.

Chanes

We paid £65 for one. And I pay no attention to them, is it a leftover from the house mover policy they tried to have installed
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rosie383

We paid about £30 for ours.We just googled our town and epc and picked someone who could come. No one is interested in it anyway, so just get it done yourself, not through the EA, as they will just charge commission on top.

bagand96

First, be sure that you need one. There may already be a valid one on the database that someone had done at the property previously

https://www.epcregister.com/reportSearchAddressTerms.html?redirect=reportSearchAddressByPostcode

G_M

bagand96 wrote: »

First, be sure that you need one. There may already be a valid one on the database that someone had done at the property previously

https://www.epcregister.com/reportSearchAddressTerms.html?redirect=reportSearchAddressByPostcode

and then just get the cheapest one you can. They are all the same, and all equally pointless.

https://www.epcregister.com/searchAssessor.html

Be careful of free ones offered by estate agents though - they are usually conditional on the agent selling the property, so if the agent is crap and you switch to another agent, the 'free' one will suddenly be billed for ..... at an exhorbtant rate. So read the small print!

jbainbridge

Aim to pay around £50. If your agent suggests someone more expensive - they'll be taking a cut!

AdrianC

The EA may well use the same person for EPC, floorplan and photos - they did when we sold - so there may be no saving in getting it done separately.

But another vote for "Not worth the paper". The place we sold, the place we bought, and a place we rented in the interim all have scores within one point of each other. They are _massively_ different in their energy efficiency.

Nick_C

I think the EPCs are very useful for buyers, as they give you a precise square footage and allow you to work out cost per square metre!

They also give you an indication of how much your heating bills are likely to be, whether or not you will be able to reduce your bills, and whether or not potential energy efficiency measures will be cost effective.

If, as a buyer, you are not looking at all these things, then I think you are not doing enough research.

AdrianC

Nick_C wrote: »

I think the EPCs are very useful for buyers, as they give you a precise square footage

For rather flexible values of "precise"...

They also give you an indication of how much your heating bills are likely to be

Depends on if you believe them, of course...

G_M

Yes, as a buyer you should consider running costs,potential improvements etc.

But relying on the EPC for this is pointless. For the former, ask to see recent bills.
For the latter, do your own investigation or pay a proper surveyor. Or take a builder ound.

Nick_C wrote: »

I think the EPCs are very useful for buyers, as they give you a precise square footage and allow you to work out cost per square metre!
a) unreliable and
b) so what?

They also give you an indication of how much your heating bills are likely to be,
very unreliable
whether or not you will be able to reduce your bills,
by suggesting standard computer-generated options eg solar panels & switching to energy efficient lightbulbs. Very helpful!.....
and whether or not potential energy efficiency measures will be cost effective.
Using unreliable sources for the savings each method will achieve, and unrealistic costs

If, as a buyer, you are not looking at all these things, then I think you are not doing enough research.

I'm afraid the reliability achievable by some Tom, !!!!!! or Harriet who went on a 2 day training course, most of which is spent learning how to use the software rather than how to survey a property, and who punches some random answers/'guesstimates' into a laptop and generates a document is a nonsense.....