Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007
HIPs attacked by Red Tape Commmission
Daily Mail: Home energy certificates 'will hit property market'
The last vestige of HIPS - From June 1, a £100 Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) will have to be provided to potential buyers to warn them if the house needs a better boiler or loft insulation.
Ministers were under pressure last night to delay the introduction of home energy certificates after the Government’s own watchdog (Better Regulation Commission) warned they could harm the housing market. But the Commission’s report identified a series of problems with the way the Department for Communities and Local Government has designed the legislation. It calls for a full assessment of "potential risks to the housing market".
Posted by sirgoogle @ 05:04 AM (193 views) Add Comment
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1. sirgoogle said...
Seems that someone in Govt is thinking about the effects of HIPs on the Housing market (and thinks - like we do - that there will be an impact).
Question. did the Commission come up with this itself or was it pushed? Is this genuine concern over "red tape" or a cynical snipe by one side of the Govt with VI in the housing market (treasury inspired) against another that is trying to genuinely improve things for buyers.
It is difficult for the public to trust anyone
2. sirgoogle said...
Guys. The daily mail mask the article's URL when it opens. Copy the shortcut instead of swiping the URL from the browser.
For this article please go to:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=440554&in_page_id=1770
3. inbreda said...
Can someone explain to me why greedy BTL (seeing as FTB are extinct) should have to pay for an energy performance certificate when it is highly highly unlikely that (as they drive around in their Porsche 4x4s) they giving a flying fugg about the environment?
Give them all some money and apologise for any inconvenience or unnecessary concern that may have been caused, and throw HIPS in the bin - that's what I say.
Albeit very sarcastically.