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- EPCs changes for Selling rather than Letting domestic property
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- 79% ignore EPC recommendations
- Allow up to 14 days before marketing your property
- Buy to Let repossessions
- EPCs changes for Selling rather than Letting domestic property
- Gas prices in the UK are rising the fastest
- HIPs makes it into the Chambers dictionary
- House prices up in January
- Most properties rate D for thier EPC
- my home energy
- Private Rented Sector Continues To Flourish
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50 quid an hour
I took our second car to an auto electrician this week. He fixed the fault within the hour - it was a fairly simple job for him to do. The cost of his service? £51 for an hour’s work plus VAT. Total cost £60
I recently had to pay a call out charge on the central heating boiler - again a very easy job for the service engineer to fix and minimum call out charge of £66 inc VAT applied. He was gone within 30 minutes.
Now whilst this last example is extreme - trade rates of around 50 quid an hour - for skilled services seem to be normal in Herts.
Surely Domestic Energy Assessment has to be priced around about the same?
03/09/2008 at 12:29 pm
Supply and demand, innit - both of which, in the housing market, are at opposite sides of the scales (WRT: DEAs).
I noticed you drew the same comparison with MOTs in a past blog-post too: I think the glaring ommission there is the equipment they need; very expensive!
I don’t know who you are but welcome to the blogosphere anyway