Forcing the purchasers to make their house energy efficient or possibility stamp duty penalties is not a good policy scheme at the wrong time. In some place of the country, such type of plan would decrease demand for specific kinds of homes or property and put off a few purchasers like first time buyers, who are probable to have the money in order to carry out wide energy-saving modifications to their houses.
The real estate market still facing a lot of economic problems in several places of the United Kingdom and it will not be a good idea to add more problems in the path of the property purchasers, several other are still facing a lot of problems in accessing mortgage finance. In stead of that, it will be better to insist that all the new properties make complete use of the environmental friendly measures or energy efficient measures like solar powered hot water, ground source heat pumps, and solar lightings to name few. Actually in London, three quarters of the homes were built before the year 1965, when the first energy efficiency needs were established into Building Regulations.
Of course, these homes were not built with low carbon emissions keeping in mind and there are restrictions to what changes could be made considerately in several cases. Even for the homes which are not in or listed in a conservation region, it will be hard to justify remove the original sash windows and fixing the uPVC replacements. But the demand for the old homes in London is extremely high and it is unlikely that interest from purchasers would drop off must these schemes ever see the light of the day. If you are really interested to buy properties in London you could contact any of the real estate agent, you could help you in all the process of buying and selling.
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