This is what Domestic Energy assessors think of you, do not be ripped off, after August 1st 2007
From the Energy assessors forum
“I have just looked up in a couple of the big property websites in Bristol and Bath, and it lists hundreds and hundreds, certainly well over 600. With 4 Bed I think we should all charge a premium, in fact we could act like surveyors and charge a blood fortune.”
Time to stop this potential profiteering. Legally market your home after August 1st as large family home or 3 bed plus study. You are then free of the Energy performance certificate.
Ruth Kelly admitted she had no “legal definition of what constitutes a four bedroom house, for instance if a bedroom is being used as a study.” She said that there would be a “phased” introduction of the packs for smaller homes, but not when.
If you market as a large home, or large 3 bed plus study, there will not be any drop in property value as some web sites are predicting.
The public that’s you and I are not stupid, we know what sort of house we want, and the price we want to pay. So how a house is marketed is irrelevant..
If you have 5 minutes listen, to this rambling farcical pod cast Domestic energy assessors discussing a forthcoming meeting with Ruth Kelly. And these are the people who want to come into our homes….
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