EPC Reports

FROM MAY 2010 A HOME INFORMATION PACK (HIP) IS NO LONGER REQUIRED WHEN YOU SELL A PROPERTY.  HOWEVER AN ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE (EPC) IS MANDATORY IF YOU ARE SELLING OR RENTING A PROPERTY, AS PART OF A EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE.

EPCs provide information on a property’s energy efficiency using a sliding scale – ‘A’ being the most efficient to ‘G’ being the least efficient.

In addition to the energy efficient rating which is related to running costs, the EPC also shows the Environment Impact Rating relating to the carbon dioxide emissions.  The EPC report makes recommendations of how to improve the rating of a property but there are no statutory requirements to carry out any of the recommended energy efficiency measure.