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EPC Services
EPCs are needed whenever a property is built, sold or rented.
What is an EPC?
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) show potential home buyers or tenants how energy efficient the building is. The EPC contains information on potential energy costs and carbon dioxide emissions. A coloured chart represents how energy efficient the building is, or could be, similar to those used on household electrical appliances.
Energy ratings: Buildings are rated from A, meaning very efficient and coloured green on the chart to G, meaning inefficient and coloured red on the chart; properties with a higher rating are likely to have lower fuel bills.
EPCs are needed whenever a property is built, sold or rented
Not having an EPC could lead to enforcement action from district councils, who are the enforcing authority in Northern Ireland, and the issuing of a penalty charge notice. Each EPC is valid for 10 years and can be used multiple times during that period. An EPC can only be produced by an accredited energy assessor who will visit the property to carry out an assessment.
EPCs are produced using standard information about buildings
A copy of the EPC is lodged on a national register and can be accessed via the EPC search facility on the online register. It will be publicly available and some of the underlying data may be shared with others for the monitoring and compliance of the EPB regulations. The Government may use some of this data for research or statistical purposes.
As EPCs are produced using standard information about buildings, it enables prospective buyers and tenants to easily see and compare the energy efficiency of all properties they are considering and how much it may cost to heat and light a building before they enter into a contract.
It is your responsibility as the owner or landlord to make sure you have an EPC
The EPC also indicates how energy efficient the property could be if some improvements are carried out such as replacing lighting with low energy bulbs or upgrading insulation. Each EPC is accompanied by a report that will set out the cost effective measures that homeowners or businesses can take to improve the energy efficiency and energy rating of their property. If you are selling your building or renting it out to a new tenant it is your responsibility as the owner or landlord to make sure you have an EPC, to make it available to potential buyers or tenants and finally, you must give a copy to the new owner when you sell the building.
We can arrange EPCs on behalf of all our clients
If you are buying or thinking of renting a property from a landlord, the EPC should be made available to you at no cost.
Should you choose to buy the property, you will be given a copy by the seller that you can reuse if you sell or rent out the building within the EPCs period of validity.
We can arrange EPCs on behalf of all our client, both residential and commercial.
If you have any other questions or queries or want to arrange for us to provide an EPC for your residential or commercial property, please send an email using the form.
EPC's for residential properties are charged at a flat rate of £60.00 + VAT, prices for commercial buildings are available upon request.
Each EPC is valid for 10 years and can be used multiple times during that period.
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