A Home Information Pack is now required
for all domestic properties prior to marketing. This is valid for 3 years or until sold.
This will include:
An Index
Title Documents
Energy Performance Certificate
Property Information Questionnaire
Sale Statement
Local Authority Searches
Water and Drainage Enquires
A Basic HIP allowing you to market your property can be produced in 10
days.
6th April
2009Property Information Questionnaires became a
compulsory document within the Home Information Pack. We keep up-to-date with all legal
requirements. You can Trust
Us.
The Energy Performance Certificate
known as a (EPC)
Depending upon the size of the property the inspection will take
about 1 to 1½ hours, depending on the size typically it will include the following:
Visual inspection of the inside and outside of the
property.
Measurements of the dimensions of each room within the
property.
Examination of the loft space and any existing loft insulation, the DEA will
provide a ladder for access.
Inspection of the space and water heating systems and associated
controls.
Assessment of the basement or cellar if one is
present.
Inspection of electricity and gas meters, bottled gas, fuel or oil
supplies.
Check of the type lighting used within the home.
Examination of all of the glazing fitted in each room.
Determination of wall thicknesses at the reveals by opening windows or doors in
most rooms.
Tapping of walls in most rooms to help determine the type of wall
construction.
Recording of any other energy related features such as solar panels,
photovoltaic panels or renewable energy resources used in the home.
What happens to Energy Performance Certificates once they're
complete? All domestic Energy Performance Certificates are lodged in a central
database. Energy Assessors (through their Accreditation Schemes) lodge them as they produce them, and each
is given a unique reference number. Access to the database is restricted, so only those who have the unique
reference number can access the certificate for a particular property.
All the methodologies used to produce Energy Performance
Certificates consider factors such as the size, age, location of a building, and how it's heated, lit and
insulated.
The EPC and recommendation report must be made available free of charge by a
landlord to a prospective tenant at the earliest opportunity and no later than:
when any written information about the building
is provided in response to a request for information received from the
prospective tenant; or
when a viewing is conducted; or
if neither of those occur,
before entering into a contract to sell or let.
An Energy Performance Certificate does not have to be
made available if:
the landlord believes that the prospective tenant
is unlikely to have sufficient funds to purchase or rent the property or is
not genuinely interested in renting that type of property;
or
the landlord is unlikely to be
prepared to rent out the property to the prospective or tenant (although
this does not authorize unlawful discrimination)
Homes will require an EPC on rent from 1 October
2008.
The only person who is able to produce an Energy
Performance Certificate is an Accredited ENERGY ASSESSOR
EPCs are not required for the
following types of building:
Places of worship.
Temporary buildings with a planned time of use of two
years or less.
Industrial sites, workshops and non-residential
agricultural buildings with low energy demand.
Standalone buildings with a gross internal area of less
than 50 m² (excluding dwellings).
Buildings which are to be demolished (conditions
apply).
You can be fined up to £5000 if you allow anyone to see
any part of an EPC or recommendation report if you are not entitled to do so. For
more information see Regulation 14 of the Energy Performance of Buildings
(Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations
2007.
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