We beleive the property market is now picking up in terms of an increased number of properties being put onto the market for let/sale (thus requiring an EPC or HIP). Properties are now begining to move with more realistic house prices.
Although our domestic energy assessors & commercial energy assessors are still surveying quite a number of repossessed properties the general perception of the property agents and public is that the market has turned.
Time will tell if this is in fact correct. Here at Syntegra we have directly noticed an increase in instructions for commercial EPC’s & domestic EPC’s in the following regions: Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Reading, Maidenhead, Slough, Burnham, Bracknell, Calne, Windsor, Ascot, Shepperton, Oxford, Wokingham , Staines, Richmond, London, Oxford, Guildford, Egham, Newbury, Basingstoke.
http://www.housefinderuk.com – Is recommended as a good online property search website