Many landlords who do not want to commit to high levels of expenditure to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, may soon be putting their properties up for sale.
That’s the belief of Gavin Perrett, director at Hawkhurst Invest, a property investment consultancy based in Essex.
The Westminster government has yet to respond to a consultation it held in 2020 on how to boost rental sector energy efficiency, but a draft strategy includes a ‘preferred policy scenario’ for new tenancies to have an EPC rating of C or above by 2025, extending to all tenancies by 2028.
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