
Originally Posted by
Rovingshark
Along with landlords' licences, gas checks, electricity checks, et cetera ad nauseam it simply pushes rents up so folks live in crappier premises than they could otherwise afford whilst increasing the landlords' paperwork in order to support a small army of bureaucrats.
Gosh, yes, how terrible unfair of the govt to require landlords who want to rent out properties to have to have gas safety checks on boilers and gas fires...
Don't they know a good dose of carbon monoxide poisoning is actually good for you!!
As for the certificates... don't you now need one to sell a house ( or something very similar) so why should you be able to rent one out without it?
Also - is there not the possibility that some people will actually want to look for houses with good energy efficiency - after all, it means they'll be lowering carbon footprints and saving money on bills. If i rented, I'd want to see one. This way landlords who won't fork out for decent insulation etc on a property they rent out (saving themselves money and hey, they're not paying the bills so why do they care..) will, eventually start to lose custom until they improve the property they want to rent - the upshot - rental properties actually IMPROVE in standards...
You can call it busibodies poking their nose into private business, but when you're offering a service to the public it's often a good idea to have some sort of regulations in place to ensure that standards improve, rather than drop.
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