Good and Bad EPC’s
by Jeremy Davies - June 5th, 2009.
Its common knowledge now that a commercial EPC can be obtained for as little £250, EPC’s that are conducted for this price are done so normally by using the default factors in the assessing tool rather than conducting an actual site visit. The consequence of this is an automatic lower level rating, making your building appear a worse performer than it actually is.
A proper EPC prepared by a practising building surveyor who actually visits the site, will most likely give you a higher EPC rating and yield some useful insights into the efficiency of your building. The cost of actually conducting a site visit for this level of professional will obviously be more than £250.
What does it matter? I only need an EPC to meet legislation, I won’t be penalised for a poor rating EPC will I?
Well not yet, but you most likely will in the near future if the government decides to use EPC ratings as a multiplying factor on rates for example.
So why spend £250 now on ‘default value’ EPC’s and have to do it again later when you could just get a properly conducted EPC in the first instance.
WM Energy has a team of building surveyors qualified to conduct EPC’s, why not call us now to book yours.
For further information contact Harvey James on 0207 378 5800 or email hjames@william-martin.co.uk
