Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)

The new requirements imposed on Estate Agents with regards to EPCs are as follows:

  • a new duty on the seller to secure that an energy performance certificate (EPC) has been commissioned before marketing of the property commences where no such certificate is already available
  • an EPC has been commissioned when a Domestic Energy Assessor has been instructed to prepare the EPC and the EPC has either been paid for or has given a clear undertaking to pay for it
  • a new duty on the person acting on behalf of the seller to be satisfied that an EPC has been commissioned before commencing marketing
  • a new duty on both the seller and a person acting on their behalf to make reasonable efforts to secure an EPC within 28 days
  • all of the new duties carry fixed penalties where somebody fails in the duty conferred on them by the new regulations

 

For a standalone Energy Performance Certificate:

 
 
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