We offer a fast, friendly service
Producing Energy Performance Certificates, Floor Plans, Property Photographs and Legionella Risk Assessments to a high standard.
On this page we cover the requirements of each service and our approach to delivering them.
EPCs
When a property is marketed for sale or for let an EPC is required to provide a rating of the energy efficiency of a property. EPCs are valid for 10 years, or until a newer EPC is produced, and they can be viewed by a prospective purchaser or tenant on line by visiting https://find-energy-certificate.digital.communities,gov.uk/
The EPC rating is very similar to those found on domestic appliances and measures how energy efficient a property is, this is shown in a coloured graph with rating from A down to G.
The data required to produce the EPC includes the property age, construction, insulation and the type of heating system installed. Standard methods with assumptions about standard energy usage are used to produce an EPC making it easy to compare to another dwelling of the same type.
All buildings require a valid EPC when they are marketed for sale and for let, or when newly built, this is a requirement of The Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD).
Floor Plans
Home Counties EPCs are able to provide Floor Plans to assist with property marketing to be used in the estate agent’s brochure or on their web site.
Our Floor Plans can be tailored to individual estate agents and to incorporate their logo. Our Energy Assessor will draw the Floor Plan during the same visit as completing the EPC, saving the owner and estate agent time and money. We aim to have our Floor Plans drawn and returned to our client within 24 hours.
Photographs
Having spent 18 years in the estate agency business we are fully aware of the importance of presenting a property for marketing in its best light, hence offering our Photography Service.
With our property Photography Service, we provide our estate agent clients with 10 photographs that are enhanced and edited where required, to provide a great first impression for a prospective buyer or tenant.
This service can also be provided at the same time as we carry out an EPC or Floor Plan meaning only one visit for the client.
Legionella Risk Assessments
For domestic properties we can carry out Legionella Risk Assessments, they are a statutory legal requirement under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002.
Although the regulations have been around since 2002 this was only for commercial premises. However, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have since said that there is a legal duty for landlords to assess and control the risk of exposure to legionella bacteria. Our fully qualified assessors will carry out a survey of the hot and cold-water system in a property and determine if there are conditions that could see Legionella develop and potentially cause harm to tenants. A report will then be produced and provided to the landlord or estate agent.
Our work area covers South Bucks, High Wycombe, Hazlemere, Beaconsfield, Great Missenden, Amersham, Chesham, The Chalfonts, Princes Risborough, Wendover, Aylesbury and Marlow and when required we can extend out to the rest of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, and Oxfordshire.
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