EPC rating on house

Charrrb

anselld said:

Albermarle said:

 Large open plan living/kitchen/dining with a maisonette bedroom, a small bathroom and a small second bedroom. 
Maybe a daft question, but what is a 'maisonette bedroom' ?

Probably means mezzanine

I did mean mezzanine. Would love to pass this off as autocorrect but I actually thought the term was maisonette 

appealandwin

Charrrb said:

Hi all! Any advice appreciated on my current situation.

I viewed an old renovated Chapel (1854) today. It’s absolutely perfect for me. Large open plan living/kitchen/dining with a mezzanine bedroom, a small bathroom and a small second bedroom. 

On viewing the property I’d asked for the EPC which was rated as G so my main worries were the cost of heating the property. On viewing the property it was adequately heated. The log fire was on and three radiators in each room which are powered by LPG bottled gas. The seller informed me that he has disputed the EPC when it was done as it states in there that it is assumed that there is no roof insulation and therefore this aspect is rated very poor, when in fact there is insulation in the roof and he was able to show me this. He also told me the house was very inexpensive to run and he showed me that since January 2024 until now (1 year) he has needed to buy 8 gas bottles and £80 each. He works from home and so spends a lot of time there. The electricity is just for the sockets and light source so it also cheap. It is considerably cheaper than what I’m currently paying for gas and electric in my 3 bed home. 

I’m so confused? Is it normal for an EPC to be incorrect and is it usual for it to be inexpensive to heat a house with a rating so low? Can anyone recommend any actions I can take to reassure this is accurate information? 

EPCs can unfortunately be wrong. However DEAs are only allowed to log what they can see and evidence.
If the insulation is visible then it should have been logged. Otherwise the DEA has to log it 'as built' and the software assumed there is none. 

It could be possible for a house to have a very low EPC and still be inexpensive to heat. The log fire counts as secondary heating which will drop the EPC score significantly. As will the build age - as the software assumes wall u-values for a pre-1900 building are very poor.