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  • 12-04-2018 4:58pm
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    aineo
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭


    we are looking to sell our house and need ot get a BER rating. Just wondering what is involved. obviously we would like a good rating but I don't know much about it. We have underfloor and rads mix (old cottage with new build on). How can we improve oour chances of getting a good rating before we sell? thanks in advance for any advice


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    LirW
    Registered Users Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    A cheap thing would be changing all bulbs to LED if that's not already the case. Everything else really has massive costs involved. Have to do it at the moment for a grant and it's only really an assessment on the energy consumption that your house has the way it is.
    The better your insulation, windows, heating system, boiler, hot water tank and a few other things, the better your rating.


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    aineo wrote: »
    we are looking to sell our house and need ot get a BER rating. Just wondering what is involved. obviously we would like a good rating but I don't know much about it. We have underfloor and rads mix (old cottage with new build on). How can we improve oour chances of getting a good rating before we sell? thanks in advance for any advice

    The guy doing the rating will offer advice on how it can be upgraded. Also how the upgrade will impact the result and the cost to do so.


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    LirW
    Registered Users Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Might be also worth to mention that in most cases the improvements aren't worth it and wouldn't pay off when you're trying to sell. If you decide to improve anything after getting the cert, you'd have to do it again if you wanna advertise with the new rating.


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    mickdw
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    The only things that can be done easily really are cylinder lagging, energy efficient bulbs and to some degree attic insulation and heating control improvements
    Selling a house though, I don't believe you would get any of the costs back.


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    The_Conductor
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    +1 to what the others are saying.
    In SDCC in the last few weeks- a newly refurbished house with all mod cons- made the exact same as a house two doors down that had been gutted in a fire and will probably have to be fully reconstituted.

    It doesn't matter what mod-cons you put in- or what your BER cert is- you'll not get back any investment you make in the property (however, if there are several properties for sale in a given area- it'll make it a lot easier to sell yours if you can better sell it than another).


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