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The Government support for energy efficiency has been scaled back recently with the ending of the Green Deal last year. However, your local energy supplier along with the Government still has many great money and energy saving deals available.
If you are a landlord making your buy-to-let more energy efficient is a very good way to keep your tenants happy and also increase the overall value of your property. Recently estate agents have been reporting in numbers that an energy efficient house is worth a great deal more on re-sale than one that isn’t.
There is assistance available for the landlord and it is well worth researching just what you can claim.
A home’s energy efficiency is measured from A to G depending on what improvements are needed.
From 2018 all rented homes will need to have a minimum grade of E before any letting is allowed. Landlords could be fined or even banned from letting if they fail to comply.
This April has seen tenants given the right to ask their landlord for consent to carry out energy efficient improvements, with the landlord only able to refuse if the request is “unreasonable”. Let’s be honest an energy efficient property is cheaper to run and reduces any carbon footprint.
Before you begin paying out for any greener measures check and see if any grants or cash incentives are available to assist you.
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