About the EPC London Team
EPC For You is an award-winning energy survey company. Our energy assessors can provide a commercial EPC or domestic EPC for your property in London.
When a commercial property or domestic property is advertised it is a legal requirement to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) completed and available for prospective buyers or tenants to see how energy efficient a building is. Our team provides a fantastic service to estates agents, housing associations, home owners, and business owners. EPC London will carry out an EPC and help owners of property in London to sell or rent their building.
EPC London have performed all types of energy performance assessments for commercial properties, such as restaurants, warehouses, and offices. We have also completed many domestic energy assessments for home owners. Our in-depth energy assessing experience means that we can cover all premises that require a Display Energy Certificate (DEC) or a commercial energy performance certificate.
Contact us for a free quote on our quick energy performance certificate survey quote form and we will provide you with our best price and a survey appointment time that is convenient to you. We aim to get the completed EPC survey to you within 48 hours of online booking although we can clarify the turnaround time at the booking stage.
What’s involved in an EPC Survey?
EPC For You are accredited and professional commercial energy assessors who are regularly audited to maintain the high quality and validity of their surveys. To carry out an EPC, individual energy assessors will visit the property and take details such as the building’s size and fabric, floor plan, gas safety, heating system type, and more.
Our assessors will take measurements and photos of all recorded information and then create your safety certificate at our offices. The time needed to complete commercial EPC certificates depends on the size and type of property. Generally, a residential EPC or domestic EPC will take 48 hours. Commercial properties can take longer but we can clarify this at the point of booking the survey.
Did you know that a large amount of commercial properties and domestic properties will be below the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) on the EPC report? This means it could potentially lose value unless the details and energy recommendations from the results are understood and implemented. If an EPC certificates score is F or G then a property will need to improve its score to E or above. A London EPC can help advise the best way of making your London property meet these standards.
Our advice for being more energy efficient includes how to find help with energy funding and grants, project costing and planning to meet the legislation standards, as well as also showing varying options in how you can reduce energy bills by investing wisely in your property.
How Long Does an EPC Last?
EPC London will provide a certificate that is valid for 10 years. This certificate must be available before a property goes on the market. Should you decide to make changes to your property, you must receive a new and updated Energy Performance Certificate.
Commercial buildings must display an EPC certificate if the total area of the property is over 500 square metres. It must also be shown if the building is frequently visited. It is required that an EPC be shown at the time of a building’s sale, rental, or construction. Residential properties must have a domestic EPC at hand if trying to sell or rent their property.
If your property doesn’t have a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), you could be fined anywhere between £500 and £5000 based on the rateable value of the property.
Government Rulings & Incentives
With the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard laws (MEES) that were introduced in April 2018, it would be useful for property owners to get an update on their energy ratings to see if they meet the new standard. A domestic EPC by one of our energy assessors can assist with this. This is especially important if they plan on selling or leasing at some point in future. Buildings in North London and Central London have some of the worst energy performance ratings in Europe due to their age, so it would be wise for owners to act upon the insights of an safety certificate. This would help improve the property’s score and potentially save money on increasing energy bills and overheads. If you are a domestic property agent or landlord looking for help with meeting the energy efficiency standards, then contact us for some free advice.
Details of energy ratings can be found on the EPC Register, but is no longer a requirement to register.
Advice for Londoners
Sadiq Khan has introduced the Energy for Londoners programmes, which aims to make you London property warmer, healthier, and more affordable, as well as make workplaces more energy efficient to help the capital become greener. Here are some aspects of the programme which could help you:
Warmer Homes – This accredited scheme is in place to help disabled, terminally ill, and elderly homeowners to improve heating and insulation
Switching Suppliers – The London mayor has encouraged people to switch to better energy providers to help save money on energy bills, and direct them to cleaner energy sources
RE: NEW – Sadiq Khan’s award winning programme which aims to help London households reduce their domestic energy and carbon emissions and become more energy efficient
Looking for an EPC London quote?
We aim to provide the best, and fairest price for an EPC in London, covering the North, South, East and West. Our Company Price Promise means that we are confident you will not get a better quote inc VAT elsewhere. If you do, we will match it and provide you with our award-winning service for the same price. See our terms and conditions.
Another benefit that EPC For You customers have is that we will not charge you upfront, only after the EPC assessment has been completed. We wish to differentiate ourselves from web based only competitors who are not actual providers and pass on their marketing costs to customers with upfront charging. You pay nothing to EPC For You until we provide an energy rating.
Get the best energy rates by seeing what our off the market prices could save your business compared to what you are currently paying. This is an area that many businesses do not look at and could potentially save thousands of pounds a year on after switching and paying less for electricity and gas. Ask one of our team members for details or visit our online booking form and we can provide a free no obligation appraisal of what cheaper energy rates are available to you.
