Expired EPCs
We have had a number of assessors ask about EPCs on the Register which are becoming expired
and what is happening to them. At a recent Cross-Scheme Moderation meeting, Quidos raised this
matter with Landmark on your behalf – in late-January, the Registers (Domestic and Non-Domestic)
will be updated to watermark expired reports to indicate their expiration. We are yet to know the full
details of any other amendments, or if EST in Scotland will be following a similar process.
The compliance of having valid EPCs available for marketed sale or rental purposes is down to local
Trading Standards, who receive a portion of the money from lodgement fees specifically for
enforcement. Energy assessors should be well within their rights to notify Trading Standards about
any agent who may be using an expired EPC, or no EPC at all, for property transactions. They have
the power to enforce £200 fines for such breaches.
