The iDEAlist

Are you renting a house or flat to new tenants?
Or - are you selling a house or flat?
Or - are you a property professional seeking a better-than-usual DEA*?
And - is your property in Devon / Cornwall?

Houses and flats for sale, and for rent to new tenants, need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

For a service that's quick, efficient and courteous, contact me. I'm an accredited and experienced DEA, qualified to produce an EPC for a house, flat or maisonette.

For flats and smaller houses built after 1900 and located within the Looe/Seaton area, my standard price is less than £50, VAT included.

For a post-1900 property with 3-4 bedrooms in the red oval (below), less than £60, VAT included.

For larger or older buildings and/or properties in the blue oval, please contact me for a quote.

Having lived in a variety of large, old, rambling and seriously wonky houses most of my life, I specialise in this field. So call me in when you've got a really complicated property - or if you simply want an intelligent inspection carried out on a normal one.

I'm based near Looe and I cover Liskeard, Polperro, Callington, Saltash, Torpoint, Milllbrook. Bodmin - South East Cornwall; my preferred area lies within the red oval (so long as it's on dry land) on the map below, and I'm willing to travel on occasion to a location within the blue oval (ditto).

I've lived in the same area for most of my life, and I know it well. Plus I have been a member of the IAM (www.iam.org.uk) for many years, which means I'm more likely than the average driver to arrive at my appointments on time, with my car and myself in good condition.

I work freelance. I can normally carry out the inspection as soon as you want, and I lodge the report on the government website, and email a copy to you, the same day - so contact me soon!

Caroline Ashley-Cooper 01503-262671 or caroline@the-idealist.co.uk

Windsworth St Martin by Looe Cornwall
Accredited EES/001125
VAT reg no 913 0017 80
or

get your EPC from your local DEA in Cornwall. Find her at DEAlocal.co.uk

Area map

Preferred area: PL1–14, PL17–18, PL22–26, PL30–31
(Bodmin, Callington, Fowey, Liskeard, Looe, Plymouth, St Austell)

Acceptable area includes:
EX1-7, EX17-23
PL1-35
TQ1-14
TR1-9, TR14-16
(locations listed above, plus Bude, Camelford, Exeter, Launceston, Newquay, Newton Abbot,
Okehampton, Padstow, Tavistock, Torquay, Truro, Wadebridge)

DEA = Domestic Energy Assessor - the person whose task it is to visit a house or flat and collect the data necessary for the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to be produced.

The EPC is a document that provides two things:
1) a snapshot of the building as it exists, in terms of how efficiently it uses energy and how its emissions affect the environment. A couple of bar graphs, similar to the rating chart on fridges, sum up the information, and these are backed up by written details.

2) a list of things, in order of cost-effectiveness, that can be done to improve the rating of the building.

It can be a great idea to get an EPC done before putting your home on the market. Why? Because for a small outlay you have the chance to make improvements that when completed and incorporated into the updated EPC may well make a significant increase in the sale price of your home, or if you're renting it, reduce the outgoings on energy bills.

But whatever you're doing, the message is ... INSULATION, INSULATION, INSULATION!

PS Why 'The iDEAlist'? Because I'd like all home owners to know what they can do to help Save The World!

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