In article ews.net,
"Doctor Drivel" writes:
AS I said, it should be looked at again. The report must be comprehensive,
covering all the item. For example, they could highlight the boiler ~20
years old and inefficient. or that the boiler ~4 years old and an efficient
condenser. Simple things that do matter. If I buy the house with the old
boiler I may want to drop the price to compensate for bringing the system up
to date.

Same with loft insulation. Yes you can have 50mm in then loft and say it is
insulated. Very different to 300mm of insulation.

These items are still in the HIP as part of the SAP survey.

These are points which are nearly always overlooked which matter a year or
two down the line. The last thing you want is one year on a bill of £4K.

You are making a mistake in thinking that house buyers even
remotely care about energy efficiency. You won't knock anything
off a house price for an old boiler, or be able to charge extra
for energy efficient boiler. If you go even further with things
like solar panels or photo voltaics or highly advanced heating
controls, you will find these can start knocking value off as
punters become scared of the extra complexity. By all means
add such things for your own benefit (I do), but recognose that
they never increase, and can decrease house value.

--
Andrew Gabriel