05 Jun 2013 1:32 PM:

My house is on the market so I read quite a bit of this thread to help me decide whether or not to bother with the EPC (CEE) ie take the risk or not. My house is 170 sqm so the thought of forking out in excess of €350, with no certainty that the house would sell was at the very best annoying. Anyhow the estate agent helped by finding someday who would do it for €150 each for a group of us, so I went for it. We all of felt that a G rating would be an accurate guess. The inspector called and spent an hour in the property measuring this, examining that, asking questions, checking on boiler, heating etc etc. Sure enough the certificate arrived giving the house a lowly G.

Do I care; not a lot, am I going to change things; no chance. would I change things if a I were keeping the house; no way.

The forecast of the cost of running the house was way higher than the actually cost, I know this because my total usage on all electric is a third of that which the inspection suggests will be used on Heating and Hot Water, so a totally useless exercise, except that it satisfies the dumb rules instigated by Brussels. (surprisingly it doesn't give a figure for Air Con use).

By the way I must confess that I totally disagree with the theory that  climate change is the responsibility of man. It is just a natural cycle which has affected earth ever since it was formed circa 4.5 billion years ago. Most of that time it has been a hot inhospitable place.

Thread: Energy Performance Certificates come to Spain

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