| In October of 2008 it became a legal requirement to | | | | perfectly fine way of doing it, but often you will find |
| be in possession of an energy performance certificate | | | | yourself locked into agreements and prices that you |
| or EPC as it's more commonly known, in order to | | | | are unable to negotiate. It may be wiser to seek |
| place your home on the market. EPC providers sprung | | | | independent EPC providers and have some peace of |
| up and created a marketplace for the certificate which | | | | mind, knowing exactly what you are paying for and |
| has become very competitive. | | | | when. |
| The condition of the economy and in particular the | | | | Prices can vary fairly significantly if you search online |
| property market is largely irrelevant. If you are going to | | | | and you may well be able to find quite a few cheap |
| sell your home or property then you will need to | | | | EPC providers offering really decent services. The |
| acquire the relevant energy performance certificate. | | | | beauty of course of online shopping (whatever you |
| Estate agents will refuse to put your house up for sale | | | | happen to be looking for) is the ability to browse all the |
| until you have one in place. | | | | information without the hassle of a store assistant |
| In most areas of business, the marketplace is fiercely | | | | prodding you and pushing in certain directions. |
| active and undoubtedly this is the case for the EPC | | | | If you don't like the look of one website, move on to |
| providers also. Key in some relevant phrases on your | | | | the next, until you find something you are comfortable |
| internet search engine and you are likely to find many | | | | with. There are usually many stresses and anxieties |
| thousands and often millions of results in these sectors. | | | | associated with selling a house, so where any of these |
| This is of course great for us, as we are able to | | | | problems can be eased, it is useful to do so. |
| choose the best deals, the best offers and generally | | | | If you are selling your house, then the EPC you will |
| which company best suits our specific requirements. | | | | need is the residential energy performance certificate. |
| Your estate agents will more often than not, offer to | | | | There are other certificate for different kinds of |
| include the EPC as part of the package when they | | | | properties such as the commercial epc and the display |
| agree to put your house on the market, and this is a | | | | epc. |