13th
Jan 2016
80% of prospective tenants choose their homes because of the double glazing factor, as being warm in the winter is their prime concern.
This figure is taken from research carried out by an online property rental portal; it also highlights that 20% said that central heating must have been installed into a property before they would even consider whether they want to live in it.
According to EU estimates it ‘suggests’ that more than 10 million families living in Britain, are doing so in homes that have damp walls, roofs that leak and rotting window frames. Condensation and mould figure highly especially in those properties that have older single glazed homes.
New legislation means that all landlords will have to make sure that they have adequate insulation in their properties. Any ‘homes’ that are rated F and G will be stopped from being rented out, tenants have every right to ask landlords to bring their rented home up to the minimum E rating.
Managing Director of the portal Jane Morris commented: “It is estimated that around one million tenants are paying as much as £1,000 a year more for heating than the average annual bill of £1,265. These excessive costs are mainly down to poorly insulated homes, many of which are thought to be the oldest and leakiest rental properties in Europe. Clearly, double-glazed properties are highly sought after by tenants and landlords that offer this will be in large demand.
“However, landlords that are offering draughty, damp accommodation should not delay in improving their properties, as new legislation will see landlords banned from renting out England and Wales’ draughtiest homes from 2018, in a bid to cut energy bills and carbon emissions.”
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