Property owners encouraged to sue agents
NovaLoca understands that Trading Standards has recently been putting pressure on Bedfordshire agents to ensure properties have EPCs (energy performance certificates). In fact, officers have stated that if agents do not start informing owners of their new obligations, they will go direct to property owners to encourage them to sue agents for misinformation.
Although the legislation has been around for a little while, it looks like the grace period is coming to an end – all commercial properties will need to be analysed for energy consumption before they can even be marketed.
At NovaLoca we are concerned about the additional pressure on agents and also on their clients. We want to make lives easier, so we are investigating EPC requirements and carrying out impartial research on various EPC providers, in an effort to do some of the work for you.
We are surprised at how long it is has taken us to conduct a full investigation, but this makes us all the more determined to help out, as it’s unreasonable to assume that each agent will have the time to do the same lengthy research.
If you have any information you think we should bear in mind, please let us know. In the meantime we are working on presenting you with helpful and impartial advice to consider when dealing with this new(ish!) legislation.
Complete waste of time and Money, ( HIPS & EPC )
Good idea but it simply does not work, I have just been involved in the sale of Two & pruchase of One property and NO body but NO body has taken the slightest interest.
The Solicitors said that it is unreliable and they are not willing to take the risk for an inaccurate or incomplete report and so they are doing the same them selves.
The Estate agents likewise take no interest.
This has just cost me Double therefore !!