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ENERGY IMPROVEMENT FEASIBILITY REPORTS
What you need to know:
Every property, prior to it being sold or purchased, has to have a valid Energy Performance Certificate in place.
Such certificates give basic guidance on how to improve the energy rating, whether it be through insulation, ventilation or sustainable and green alternative energy supplies such as photovoltaic panelling, thermal voltaic panelling, air source heat pumps or ground source heat pumps.
It is important to know that there is a minimum energy rating for any let property; however, upgrading the energy performance rating for a property may be more difficult than it appears, especially on older period properties or non-standard construction.
Such properties that may or may not be listed will have fundamental issues if they are incorrectly retrospectively upgraded, especially if Ordinary Portland Cement or cladding systems are put in place or certain tanking systems, especially to solid monolithic stone constructions which can significantly dry out the construction and therefore leave it potentially structurally unsound.
This is particularly important with stone and cob and can have a detrimental effect to the structural integrity of the property. This is why it is important to have an experienced professional’s opinion, to understand and analyse any possible viability and feasibility for any of the Energy Performance Certificate recommendations, as well as going above and beyond to determine and highlight any other possible areas of improvement based on the locality of the property such as the ground’s limitations, whether a ground source heat pump or air source heat pump may be a viable option or whether photovoltaic panelling or thermal voltaic panelling would be an option based on the restrictions, potentially within a conservation area or listed buildings, all of which make such improvements more unviable than other areas.
At Steren Surveyors UK Limited we offer Energy Feasibility Reports which include a comprehensive inspection of the property and grounds which would then take into consideration any planning restrictions, listed building restrictions and the age and type of construction of the property.
This will then be compiled into a comprehensive report which will factor in all of the recommendations stated within the Energy Performance Certificate and give comment as to the viability and potential feasibility of undertaking such improvements to those within such properties whereby the floor to ceiling heights may have a detrimental effect and cause improbability of these improvements being undertaken and also sacrificing the internal floor area of a property such as internal insulation backed plasterboard dry-lining, for example, which may not be adequate for smaller cottages or areas that would significantly reduce the usable floor area internally.
Therefore, an experienced surveyor from our team at Steren Surveyors UK Limited will be able to analyse and provide a bespoke report based on the individual property to be able to give a comprehensive and detailed report on how to go about upgrading the energy performance and energy efficiency of the property to reduce the carbon footprint to the optimum level for that property.
As a firm we like to take our service one step further:
We offer a unique Post Survey Care review of your report and can talk through the highlighted concerns and issues that arise with you and third parties if needed.
We take the time to meet with you by zoom or discuss over the phone the report and guide you in the right direction.
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H/O Cornwall 01872 22 99 21 Exeter 01392 32 39 86 London 02045 37 76 07
Steren Surveyors
Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
H/O Cornwall 01872 229921 / Exeter 01392 32 39 86 / London 0204 537 7607
Steren Surveyors UK Limited
RICS Regulated Firm Registration Number: 853022 Steren Surveyors are a trading style of Steren Surveyors UK Limited. Registered Company: 13796952 Registered Address: Redruth House, Cornwall Business Park West, Scorrier, TR16 5EZ
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