ᐅ Is an energy certificate / energy performance certificate required?
Created on: 9 Aug 2018 07:55
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Hello, since I couldn’t find a dedicated topic about energy performance certificates, I’m posting this in general questions and hope someone can help.
My fiancée is currently in the process of selling a house with land, which she inherited. So far, everything has been negotiated and a draft purchase agreement has been prepared. The notary has now pointed out that an energy performance certificate is required.
My question is whether one is actually needed for this house at all, as I have also read about exemptions where it is not necessary.
The house was built around 1900 and is a semi-detached settler house without a built-in heating system; the rooms still have the old tiled stoves. It is not a listed building. The house has been empty since 2013/2014 and therefore is not regularly or permanently heated or cooled. My parents-in-law visit irregularly to keep the property maintained. The buyers plan to install a heating system themselves, which in my opinion reduces the relevance of the energy certificate for them.
Would a house without a heating system fall under these exemptions? It is not possible to specify wood burning usage in relation to the past years.
Thank you very much in advance.
My fiancée is currently in the process of selling a house with land, which she inherited. So far, everything has been negotiated and a draft purchase agreement has been prepared. The notary has now pointed out that an energy performance certificate is required.
My question is whether one is actually needed for this house at all, as I have also read about exemptions where it is not necessary.
The house was built around 1900 and is a semi-detached settler house without a built-in heating system; the rooms still have the old tiled stoves. It is not a listed building. The house has been empty since 2013/2014 and therefore is not regularly or permanently heated or cooled. My parents-in-law visit irregularly to keep the property maintained. The buyers plan to install a heating system themselves, which in my opinion reduces the relevance of the energy certificate for them.
Would a house without a heating system fall under these exemptions? It is not possible to specify wood burning usage in relation to the past years.
Thank you very much in advance.
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Grantlhaua13 Aug 2018 09:55dertill schrieb:
The blanket requirement to provide energy performance certificates for the sale or rental of buildings is questionable. Especially in cases with planned renovations and obvious need for modernization, the certificate is of little to no help. Still, I would prefer the online version (at least this way the questioner does not risk any legal issues) or ask the buyer about an existing energy consultant/architect.But this only applies to buying/selling, right? For owner-occupied new builds, you generally don’t need one?
Grantlhaua schrieb:
But that only applies to buying/selling, right? For self-used new builds, you basically don’t need one?It says right in the quote: for sale and rental
Grantlhaua schrieb:
But that only applies to buying/selling, right? You usually don’t need one for a newly built house you plan to live in yourself?ypg schrieb:
It’s written in the quote: for sale and rentalA thermal insulation certificate, which is mandatory for the building permit, is often around 50 pages long, including the ventilation concept and summer heat protection. Compared to that, a standard energy performance certificate is quite basic, but it costs only a fraction of the price...
Alex85 schrieb:
A thermal insulation certificate, which is mandatory for the building permit / planning permission, often runs to around 50 pages including ventilation concepts and summer heat protection. In comparison, a standard energy performance certificate is much less detailed but also costs only a fraction of the price... But a thermal insulation certificate was not being requested. An energy performance certificate is not the same as a thermal insulation certificate.
Alex85 schrieb:
That's true. You don't have to worry about a €250 (approx. $270) energy performance certificate if you've already invested €1000 (approx. $1080) in thermal insulation verification.Come on, Alex, the building dates back to 1900... something like that didn't exist back then.