Residential buy to lets

[steveR]

cut off the water supply... no longer fit for human habitation, no council tax

Hmmmm. My understanding that is no reason.....

 

[steveR]

Have you actually had an EPC done? Do you understand their bizarre point scoring system works!?

They seem to favour combi boilers, sense doesn’t always come into it, they love to recommend wind turbines and PV which doesn’t always help much

Solar panels is another favourite. Could have put about 3 panels on the roof.....

 

[steveR]

Quick question..... we have a let that has all electric heating (shortage heaters) and hot water (electric shower, cyclinder and immersion, undersink heater for kitchen tap).

The cyclinder and immersion is old and not particularly well lagged, it only feeds the bath hot tap and bathroom basin hot tap.

If we were to replace the cyclinder with a inline heater, would that count at all towards a better EPC? Or are we stuck putting in a rather pointless cyclinder?

I've asked out letting agent and not really gotten a answer

Quick reply then....

Get an expert, NOT an Agent, they cannot keep up with the constant changes and tweaks on the bloody system!!

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Quick question..... we have a let that has all electric heating (shortage heaters) and hot water (electric shower, cyclinder and immersion, undersink heater for kitchen tap).

The cyclinder and immersion is old and not particularly well lagged, it only feeds the bath hot tap and bathroom basin hot tap.

If we were to replace the cyclinder with a inline heater, would that count at all towards a better EPC? Or are we stuck putting in a rather pointless cyclinder?

I've asked out letting agent and not really gotten a answer

As above, agents don’t have the software. I’m trying to get hold of it. Ask an EPC agent to do a before and after, I had to try a few before I found the right source.

Every epc recommends a chuffing wind turbine costing 15-20k, it’s bloody daft. Some office boy has had fun using his paper based diploma designing this all!

 

[exmoor dave]

Ok thanks chaps, will see about speaking to a EPC agent.

We sold my wife's house because the measures to improve the EPC to let it out were just so ruddy daft.

But in this case it's a farm cottage, that we would be reluctant to lose control of.

 

[steveR]

Ok thanks chaps, will see about speaking to a EPC agent.

We sold my wife's house because the measures to improve the EPC to let it out were just so ruddy daft.

But in this case it's a farm cottage, that we would be reluctant to lose control of.

I know of what you speak...