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Minimum Energy Ratings from 2018

Since April 2018, landlords who own some of the coldest privately rented homes have been required to improve  properties that are F or G rated when a lease is changed or renewed*. 

There is a capped domestic landlord contribution of £3,500 (inclusive of VAT) with any available third-party funding, including Green Deal finance and local authority grant funding, to be counted within the cap.  Landlords are free to spend above the cap but there is no requirement for them to do so. 

For further details please see the Elmhurst website or the press release from BEIS.

To gain an exemption from the requirement they will have to show that the cost of upgrading is more than the cap, and/or that; 

a, the measures would adversely affect a historic property, or

b, a surveyor has not recommended the measures are not applied, 

c, or the existing tenant has refused the upgrade (in the case of a lease renewal)

It is up to the landlord how to finance any improvements. 

Non domestic landlords already have to bear some up front costs if the measures show a reasonable pay back period. 

* MEES only applies to rent renewals if the tenant started their tenancy after the requirement for an EPC was introduced, eg 2007.  With tenancies that have been in place since before 2007 there is no requirement for an EPC so the MEES regulations do not apply, although good landlords will not take advantage of this loophole. 


Government guidance to the regulations and how they apply to both domestic and non domestic properties can be found here 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-private-rented-property-minimum-standard-landlord-guidance-documents


These requirements will then apply to most private rented properties, including occupied properties - from April 2020 in the domestic sector and from April 2023 in the non-domestic sector.

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