If you’ve read three articles about the 2030 EPC rules and come away with three different deadlines, three different cost caps, and no idea whether any of it is law yet, you’re not alone. The rules genuinely have changed more than once, and there’s a second, quieter change happening to how EPCs are calculated that … Read more
If you’re planning a self-build, you might assume the Future Homes Standard is a developer problem rather than yours. It isn’t: the same rules, and the same easy-to-miss transitional deadline, apply to a one-off self-build exactly as they do to a housing estate. There is one genuine exception worth knowing about, though, and it works … Read more
If you’ve mostly seen the Boiler Upgrade Scheme covered as a homeowner grant, you’d be forgiven for assuming it doesn’t apply to rental properties. It does, and always has. What’s changed recently is how the scheme works, and its end date now lines up with the EPC C deadline in a way that’s worth understanding … Read more
If you’re a landlord trying to get a property from D or E up to C within a realistic budget, the obvious instinct might be to jump straight to a heat pump. It’s the headline-grabbing upgrade, and it’s the one with a grant attached. But under today’s EPC methodology, it’s often not the cheapest, or … Read more
If your new-build home comes with a heat pump rather than a gas boiler, most of what you need to know is genuinely good news: it’s been designed into the house from the start rather than bolted onto an old system, which tends to work far better than a retrofit. There is one thing worth … Read more
