Proposed House Sale Ban for Energy Rating Below C

[irc]

The lunatics on the Climate Change Committe have suggested that by 2028 it should be illegal to sell a house with a D or below energy rating. Touch luck if you live in an old solid wall house.

https://life.spectator.co.uk/articles/the-new-prop...

[pquinn]

The only link any of the CCC have with reality is in the monumental piles of cash they manage to rake in on the side.

It's all proper loony stuff, discrediting any sensible points that might be hidden in there somewhere.

The best part is most of this is anything but carbon neutral in itself to implement and does little practical to achieve carbon neutrality as an outcome. It's just hair shirt nuttiness for the sake of showing token fealty to Gaia.

[phil-sti]

So nobody will be able to sell a terraced house in a northern mill town then.

[Scrump]

phil-sti said:

So nobody will be able to sell a terraced house in a northern mill town then.

Is that any different to now?

[anonymous-user]

Or this old shack, it’s a G

Sheriff Hutton Park Estate, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

[NMNeil]

I wonder how many of the committee live in older houses
https://www.theccc.org.uk/about/

[springfan62]

JPJPJP said:

Or this old shack, it’s a G

Sheriff Hutton Park Estate, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

It’s listed and is exempt from having an EPC.

[anonymous-user]

springfan62 said:

It’s listed and is exempt from having an EPC.

Don’t let the ccc hear you saying that! They’ve probably got the site earmarked for a couple of nice little huf haus

[Jasandjules]

NMNeil said:

I wonder how many of the committee live in older houses
https://www.theccc.org.uk/about/

Strange you think that way, I was wondering how many of them have links/ties to companies to insulate houses etc......

[OzzyR1]

phil-sti said:

So nobody will be able to sell a terraced house in a northern mill town then.

If this ever came to pass, that would be the case.

The major house-builders will comply with only the most basic requirements in order to achieve a C-rating for their new-builds.

If people are told that they should only buy these, they will.

Like anything built to the cheapest price, faults will show in time and they will be likely to need substantial repairs within 20 years.

Meanwhile, the streets of "unsaleable" Victorian/Edwardian/1930's solidly built houses will still be going, even though they are less "energy-efficient".

[Crafty_]

OzzyR1 said:

Meanwhile, the streets of "unsaleable" Victorian/Edwardian/1930's solidly built houses will still be going, even though they are less "energy-efficient".

Which wlll eventually go for a song, get knocked down and crappy new builds put up at big profits for the developer...

[Rob_125]

Surely this could lead to some people living in extreme poverty in houses they cannot afford to run, nor maintain. It could also mean hundreds of thousands of properties will not be mortgagable over night....It does not sound like a good idea.

Edited by Rob_125 on Friday 1st January 16:09

[CubanPete]

I won't be able to sell mine then.

Could be the motivation I need to get planning to knock it down and put 8 'executive' homes on the plot.

[TCX]

Rob_125 said:

Surely this could lead to some people living in extreme poverty in houses they cannot afford to run, nor maintain. It could also mean hundreds of thousands of properties will not be mortgagable over night....It does not sound like a good idea.

Edited by Rob_125 on Friday 1st January 16:09

'you will own nothing,and be happy'
Who do you thinks hiding behind all these 'green' groups,including Greta?

[Fatball]

Will there be an exemption for listed buildings? Not that I own one!

Just looked at the last cert for our 1930 detached. Energy rated at C. The gov website lists ideas to further improve our rating. One is to install a solid floor and the other is to install solar powered water heating.

One is £7000 and the other is £5000 for savings of £41 and £39 a year respectively.

At least 128 years for it to pay for itself and I’ll be amazed if the house is still here in that time.

They’re fking idiots.

[bearman68]

We live in an old listed solid stone wall house. I don't think it's too much of an issue to upgrade and get a better energy certificate. From my perspective, internal wall insulation, double glazing, an extra layer of insulation in the attic, a bunch of solar panels, and a wood burner or 2, and I suspect we are C, and maybe getting close to a B.
Next stage is a ground source heat pump, and a couple of small windmills, and I can't see us using hardly any heating oil.