Homebuyer's Report

There's certainly a good argument for selling up before then if you intend to move soon, but not for that reason...

See story at

Since I will be dead long before this becomes a major factor in buying or selling a house, I won't worry about it.

Why? Every other house on the market will be exactly like yours, except for the odd one or two ultra-modern ones in each area and the price of them will make them less desirable.

Don't be daft.

People will look at the energy rating and go "Oh well".

I live in a Georgian town house which is listed with single glazing, solid walls, high ceilings big rooms etc. Do you know what? I was not labouring under some missaprehension that the gas bill was going to be small. I (along with most of the house-buying public) don't need a star rating to know that my house will result in higher electric and gas bills than a similarly sized brand new house.

Guess what - people who previously bought new houses because they will be cheap to run, have low maintenance costs and be cosy, will carry on buying new houses. People on the other hand who like 30's semis/art deco/victorian/georgian/thatched or other older/period properties will continue to buy those.

Waste of money and will make sod all difference except a marginal impact on the new house market.

However sell if you want to move, diatribe over!

Fash

Are you replying to me or the OP?

Looking at it, the OP. I thought he was being a bit dim too, but checked - google groups - you can't expect him to get his reply right...

cheers, clive

Apologies if misdirected, a little poor netiquette here and there does very little damage. Comments directed at the op, excepting that if the price of the high insulation value new houses makes them undesirable then the price won't be so high as no-one will buy them. I believe they call it a market.

Again sorry if you felt targeted, I was generally making the "daft" point to the OP.

Of course if the cap fits.... No sorry again I can't help myself!

Fash

I use google groups when at work so no idea how it looks on a news server.

Fash

I was mostly being rude about the sort of people who post via GG :-) But surely even with GG it's possible to actually reply to the correct post, or make it clear who you're responding to? (your other reply noted, so I'm guessing you've worked out what went wrong and know how to avoid doing it again)

cheers, clive

Especially as the report appears to include details on whether energy saving bulbs are in use.

Why should the type or bulb that I decide to buy make a difference to the value of my house?

tim

And the fact that you will probably take them with you when you move anyway. :)

So certainly complete, valueless nonsense.

If I had a potential purchaser wanting to make decisions on that basis, it would qualify them out as far as I am concerned because they are not in touch with real value.

If your selling, isn't the customer always right? By that I mean even if they hold stupid opinions and are clearly gullible and innumerate the fact that they are prepared to buy what you want to sell (at the price you are asking) is overriding.

Yes, and no.

The customer certainly isn't always right. There's a big difference to someone initially coming along and showing interest in making a transaction, vs. actually going through with it.

If someone is going to nitpick about something like this, there is a fair chance that they nitpick about important things.

It's a similar discussion to the case where if you have two potential buyers offering the same price, do you go for the cash one or the one needing finance...

It's just another load of crap that the Government are piling onto the General Public. If you're going to move, you're going to move and whatever you decide to buy won't depend on whether it has a star rating of A, B, C, D, E, F or G will not influence most people at all, they'll buy what they can afford or like the look of. Britain is becoming certificate crazy.

What's wrong with posting via GG. Isn't it just snobbish to feel everyone should use a usenet newsreader. I would say you/we should welcome GG bringing this stuff to a wider audience who can now participate using simple web-browsing programs. GG have made the interface much better recently and posts appear instantly instead of like a couple of years ago when it took half an hour or more for a post to get put up.

If there are occasional lapses of 'good manners' then lets live with it. Is it really such a big deal.

Is that a high horse I see?

Fash

That seems to be the consensus!

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Ed.

Nope, i just bought 2 bungalows in France, both identical, both in a sorry state, draughty single glazed windows and doors, 3 foot wide stone walls, concrete floors with no insulation. however, one of the bunjies had a scattering of Rockwool insulation in the loft (most of it flattened by junk and dust) an inch thick at the most. In France, along with compulsary lead paint tests and termite tests, all properties have these carbon foot print ratings. the one with no insulation was rated F the one with an inch of insulation got a B!! (top score is an A) What a waste of money.

Steve

Thanks, your clarifications have made things clearer to me.