Where will tenants go when EPC work is carried out on properties?

Ian I Totally agree as I am in the same situation.

Typical Government using a sledgehammer to crack a non-existent nut, and not having the foggiest idea how it'll be implemented nor the consequences of doing so.
But it does tick a box and gets Greta Thunberg off their backs so it's all worth it.

We won’t be doing any upgrading tenants will be given notice and property sold can’t wait to get out of this game everything stacked against us it’s not fun anymore

Reply to the comment left by Derek t at 11/08/2023 - 10:31
You probably will not be able to give notice. Anyone would think it is your property:-D

I'm afraid there's no point expecting sense from the government, it's waking up to the approaching disaster that may come next year when the Great British Public hold them to account for Boris and his selfish stupidity, Truss and her henchman Kwasi whose combined idiocy did far reaching damage to our national reputation let alone our economy and other manifold sins to be trotted out by sniggering Labour and Lib Dem zealots?
They are left blowing with every wind that promises votes, promises that anyone with political experience knows are never fulfilled.
Why aren't councils building council houses on land that is being handed over to builders who want a huge profit from their labours, not council houses for a reasonable rent?? It's not impossible. I'm not the only person who was brought up near excellent council house estates? They worked then, why not now?

When / if they introduce the same compulsory ‘A-C’ EPC upgrades for all residential homes … even a more even interesting scenario.

Maybe time to sell up Ian.

Not said with any disrespect as I am offloading houses myself, as are many of the landlords of my agency.

However, some will wortk through all the issues to comply with the laws, whatever they think of those laws.

My mother is tenant of a house with a G EPC. the owner has done minimal works and obtained an exemption due to the costs incurred. Quite frankly this is not really good enough - if it hadn't been the family home for so long (it's a farmhouse and we suewd to run the farm) I wouldn't expect anyone to live in it. Far too cold and very costly to heat - coal fires and storage heaters.

Reply to the comment left by Graham Bowcock at 11/08/2023 - 13:17
My understanding is that if the tenant doesn't want the work done (as many don't) they only need to write a letter to say so. The work is then postponed until the tenant moves out.

I would then surmise that if the tenant wants the work done they should go and stay somewhere else at their own cost just as a normal owner occupier would have to do if extreme works are done on their own property. In this scenario the owner occupier still has to pay the mortgage and bills on their own property and also pay the bills and rent on their temporary property.

If this is reflected on the rental market then I can not see any logic that says the landlord should pay tenants to stay somewhere else temporarily. But logic doesn't always come into it. If tenants make the choice and request that the work is done (assuming no exemptions) then the tenant should play a part and move somewhere else while the work is done. Likewise if they want the work to be done and it is work that can be done while they stay at the property they should facilitate the works and not sit on their hands and expect everyone to run around after them

Reply to the comment left by Slooky at 11/08/2023 - 14:10
It's not a question of the tenant wanting the works done, the landlord has a legal requirement to do them. Clearly if the tenant doesn't want them done, then the landlord may be stumped.

Having managed some large portfolios, we often had to accommodate tenants whilst works were being done in their house.

We'd always look at the impact on tenants and work out if they really had to be moved out - does it improve the quality/cost of works? If so then the landlord would pay temporary costs, quiter often a caravan in the garden.

Doesn't sound too unreasonable to me for the landlord to meet the costs, subejct to careful management.

Reply to the comment left by Graham Bowcock at 11/08/2023 - 14:34
It's called "third party consent exemption". It's on the government website and it quite clearly says the landlord is exempted if the tenant does not want the works done. The exemption either lasts 5 years or until the tenant leaves, whichever is the shortest. If the tenant is still there in 5 years time, consent should be sought again and they can say no again.

My understanding is that the same exemption will exist with the new EPC legislation.