Ed Miliband ready to challenge landlords over EPC C targets

Why is it only landlords that need to do this? Why not homeowners? Why not hospitals? Why not government buildings? Why not all members of parliament residences? I’m sick of these idiots and they’ve only in power a few weeks. Their net zero energy policy is pure fantasy. They will make us all poorer trying to reach the unreachable. The idiots think they can rewrite the laws of physics. Anyone who voted labour voted themselves and the country poorer.

Reply to the comment left by Lee at 28/09/2024 - 08:19
Govt and Councils seem to dislike Private tenants. Want to make it so expensive for them, to force them into buying a house-Ooh hang on a minute, what if they can't afford to buy?
Force them into homelessness then.

Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 24/09/2024 - 10:14Yes, I'm afraid that they do, It is called a rent cap and I am convinced that they will implement it in a particularly vicious way, i.e. by telling us the maximum rent that we can charge for our properties along with increased capital gains tax to try to prevent us from leaving the sector. It would not surprise me if we had to pay for a survey from a Govt official to visit our properties much like an EPC surveyor does now, only to assess our properties for a govt Max rental value. We would then of course be Royally screwed.

Reply to the comment left by Lee at 28/09/2024 - 08:19
The Tories were no better, Rishi only cancelled the EPC of C by 2025/2028 nonsense because the clock was running down and like many other things they hadn’t got around to actually doing anything concrete.

EVs ars even more of a farce. The EU was 2035 for the ban on ICEs - what did Boris (Carrie?) do when we left - start grandstanding about being a world leader on Climate and pulled it forward to 2030!
Rishi put it back again as an election sweetener and of course Miliband has now reverted to 2030.

Labour have said they intend to revamp the EPC system to the new home energy model (which might be a good thing), but as the checks are more comprehensive it is likely to be more expensive and may be harder to get a 'pass'. The decision as to whether existing EPCs will remain valid is also up for discussion. Either way until this new model is implements there is no point in doing any upgrades to the property as you won't have any idea if they are needed or as to how many 'point' they will be awarded.

So once again confusion reigns

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 28/09/2024 - 08:58Yes, they are very good at creating confusion and also at hurting tenants.
Whilst I agree that you probably should not pay for improvements to your EPC in the current climate, I have had great success in applying to the EC04 people for grants this year.
Of my 8 properties, at the start of this year only 1 was a C rating, 2 were an E rating and the other 5 were a D rating.
Apart from paying for the EPC certificates to be renewed at £60 each and installing a loft hatch in 1 property, which I did myself, I now have 1 property with a B rating, 5 at a C rating, 1 D, and 1 E
The last 2 below-par ratings will need a considerable investment including both needing SPV, and the E-rated property needing a complete new heating system which would cost far more than 10K to sort but this is something that I will do when I can afford it, it will have to be a further-borrowing remortgage.
I just think that it may be well worth you guys applying for these grants, especially if you have DWP benefit tenants, and as Forest said, "You never know what you're gonna get".
Good luck

'Ben Twomey, chief executive of Generation Rent, said “The commitment to raise minimum energy efficiency standards in privately rented homes to EPC Band C is welcome, but must happen as soon as possible. This is a no-brainer to lift tenants out of poverty, improve our health, and address climate change all at once. One in four private renters live in fuel poverty, and we cannot face another six winters in cold homes.'
You can't 'lift someone out of poverty' by reducing their costs, they need income and earned too otherwise that's just a socialised cost.
Cold winters, of course, global warming is a complete scam. The whole UN originated BS was started by a Canadian Maurice Strong at the behest and assistance of Rockerfeller, big oil behind this nonsense, Strong's grandmother is interesting, she received a state funeral from the Communist government jn the PRC, communism and corporatism, joined at the hip.

It is interesting to not that according to one of the EPC certificates for one of my all electric E band properties that if I spent just over £14,000 implementing the recommendations then the tenant would save £286 a year. Needless to say the £14,000 doesn't include the cost of disruption and 'making good' of the property after the underfloor heating and wall insulation had been installed. However as Labour are promising to cut energy bills by £300 a year then the most cost effective thing for me is to pay the tenant £286 a year and wait for Labours promise of £300 to materialise.

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 28/09/2024 - 09:36
The only way Miliband will cut bills by £300 is if the ‘load shedding’ (power cuts) to keep the grid in balance after all the stable base load generation has been switched off, reduces them by that amount.

Reply to the comment left by Northernpleb at 24/09/2024 - 19:43
Assuming just 1% interest on the minimum cost of £6k, £60 per year with an energy cost saving of £40 per year, the payback time would be infinite.