Energy Saving Certificate

 Hi all,

Now that we have to have an Energy saving certificate before we market our property.Does anyone know where we can find an engineer to issue this? and is there more to it than just putting in Energy saving bulbs and taking them out when he has gone!

Jenny

Cannot give you names of engineers providing this service, but do know it is apparently very expensive compared to UK.

However, what I have been told is that Spain have introduced this measure purely to comply with EU regulations, what they have not thought of, is how to regulate or check it as no one has the personnel in place..

Unless you are planning a sale of your property, in which case it would be required, I would not worry about it too much at this stage.

If however you do need a contact I do know one or two people on Roda who have paid for the service and I can try and find out contacts.

best wishes

So far the lowest price that I have seen is now €135 plus IVA but the prices are falling rapidly take a look at Groupon.es who are quoting €89 plus up to €20 registration plus IVA

On La Tercia we are being offered the service for 90 Euro - sounds like a deal to me!

Sandra

 Thanks for all your help everyone

 Jenny

I understand that you only need this Certificate if you are renting your property to someone for a period over 5 months.

Sorry Yeomans, you aren't quiet right.

You need a certificate if :-

1) you are selling
2) you rent for more than 16 weeks per year

However, regarding 2) though, the law states that even if you rent for LESS than 16 week per year then the energy consumption for your renteres has to be less than 25% of your total annual electrical consumption.

So if you rent in Summer when your renters will turn on the air con then you will almost certainly need a certificate. I found the followimg on one web site

I INTEND TO DO HOLIDAY LETTINGS, DO I NEED A EPC?

Yes, as long as the period is at least 4 months out of a 12 month period or the energy consumption is at least 25% of the overall yearly consumption. If it is below this 25%, it is not required. Rented properties during the summer months usually consume much more energy than the remaining months of the year ( especially if the rest of the year the property is empty or barely used ), this is the case for the vast majority of holiday lets in Spain

How this will be policed though heaven knows.

The only quote I have received to get a certificate was crazy. €250 . . .

So inspectahomespain please give me the link on Groupon where I can get one for €89, as I can't find it!

 Yeomans and Pommers,

I believe that if your property was built after 2007, and some Phases must have been, you should already have this certificate so rummage in your paperwork! Phase 1 was definately built before this time as I moved in on the first day in 2006.

I have just moved into a rented property in another area for 2 months to get away from the noise of thumping discos starting at midnight and finishing at 8 in the morning.

I dont suppose for one minute the owner has this certificate.

Do watch out for unscrupulous companies offering their services though.

Thanks JennyWren - I'll go an have a rummage as we didn't complete until Sept 2007 on Phase 2.

I know I have an electrical certificate - but whether is says what the performance is, is a completely different matter.

But the property was "physically built" before that I think so gawd knows what rule would get applied.

No it is actually the date on which the building licence was granted, not the build dates so the properties on RODA that meet the rental criteria do need a EPC

For the banks we have just had to arrange this for one on phase 3 that is for sale

Do a search for Groupon an sign up for alerts on the Murcia area and you will see the offer

This is the Groupon link for EPC http://www.groupon.es/deals/murcia/certificado-eficiencia-energetica/23567975?nlp=&CID=ES_CRM_1_0_0_186&a=218