EPCs £39 + VAT!

There are many companies advertising EPCs at £39 +VAT on the internet.

How can these companies provide EPCs at such a low price?

And is it a good deal for the home owner/landlord?...Read on or HERE and make your own mind up?

There are four business models used:

(1) A company employs a Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA). The DEA will have a very low salary. To increase his earnings, he needs to reach targets set by the company. Once these targets are met, the DEA will be paid an extra fee. The target levels are very high. To try to achieve these levels the DEA needs to work fast. As such the DEA can only afford to spend a minimal time on the survey.  And will cut corners. (Not measuring loft insulation?). The DEAs time, on site, doing the survey would be about 20 minutes.

 A proper survey takes about 1 hour.  READ HERE...

(2) A company instructs an independent DEA. The company takes payment for the EPC, but does NOT pay the DEA. As the EPC has not been paid for, it remains the property of the DEA. The DEA may withdraw it from the LANDMARK Data Base. Leaving the homeowner with an invalid EPC. The homeowner will then have to pay for another one.

(3) A company employs just one qualified DEA. They employ an unqualified person to carry out the survey on your property, recording very basic data. This "data" will be given to the one qualified DEA for him to upload. The DEA has no way of knowing if the data is correct.

The person carrying out your survey;

May not be qualified (an inaccurate EPC?). READ HERE.

May not be licensed (an inaccurate EPC?).

May not be insured (If he/she falls through you loft or is injured whilst at your house, you could be sued).

May not be CRB checked (Has he/she a criminal record?).

(4) The "new boy on the Block". Some companies are now using a system where they send out a mass email inviting quotes from "Energy Assessors". It is a "bidding session". The lowest "bid" gets the job.

These companies do NOT ask for evidence from the DEA to ensure that he/she carries PII or PLI Insurance.
For your protection
BOURNE EPC.co.uk are fully insured and are members of the NHER Redress Scheme.