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How To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient (And Valuable!)

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"line-height&colon; 1&period;5em&semi;">In a time where &OpenCurlyQuote;going green’ is an increasingly salient issue&comma; house prices are becoming ever more reliant on the energy efficiency of the property&period; Last year&comma; a report by the DECC estimated that improvements to a property’s energy efficiency will increase the value by an average of 14&percnt;&period; To put this in perspective&comma; this is roughly the same as a new kitchen&period; But not everyone will appreciate your taste in worktops and cupboards&period; On the other hand&comma; saving money is something that everyone can get excited about&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Getting an EPC Assessment<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Before you come to sell your <strong>home<&sol;strong>&comma; you’ll need an Energy Performance Certificate &lpar;EPC&rpar; that shows its energy rating&period; In certain cases&comma; you can be fined if you fail to produce this during the process&period; However&comma; it can be helpful to contact a domestic energy assessor during the preliminary stages of making improvements&comma; to find out the current rating of your property and how it can be strengthened&period; You can then have a clear idea of where the best investments can be made&comma; and the likely outcome of these works&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-881" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;How-To-Make-Your-Home-More-Energy-Efficient-And-Valuable&period;jpg" alt&equals;"How To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient &lpar;And Valuable&excl;&rpar;" width&equals;"450" height&equals;"302" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Seeking Financial Assistance<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When making energy efficiency improvements to your home&comma; you could be entitled to assistance from the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund have a look here&period; With up to £7600 available for homeowners wanting to install energy saving features to their home to make them more efficient&comma; it can offset the costs of these projects whilst adding value to your property when you come to sell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Certain companies also run schemes providing free loft and cavity wall insulation to homeowners&comma; so if you do your research you could be entitled to these benefits too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Ways To Improve Your Energy Efficiency<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Alterations can range from the very minor and inexpensive to the rather more expensive major improvements&comma; so it’s important to bear in mind the likely return that you’ll get from these when you eventually put your home on the property market&period; Replacing your bulbs with energy saving substitutes is a simple first step&comma; whilst insulation isn’t wildly expensive either&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">However if you have a very poor energy rating&comma; you may want to consider more significant projects such as replacing an old boiler&comma; investing in double glazed windows&comma; and changing and upgrading your heating system&period; It can be worth inviting an estate agent round to assess the value of your property before deciding on these major commitments&comma; to get an idea of how much your house will fetch currently on the market without them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Whilst there are many other factors that determine the value of a property&comma; you can no longer afford to ignore the &OpenCurlyQuote;green’ issue when preparing to sell your house&period; Depending on the current rating of your property&comma; you may decide to make minor or major alterations to bring your home&&num;8217&semi;s efficiency up to scratch&period; But by doing so you can usually claim back the cost of this investment with a higher asking price&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This article is written by Kelly Gilmour Grassam&comma; a freelance copywriter from Yorkshire&period; You can follow her on Twitter at &commat;KellygGrassam&period; This article has been written with helpful information from ADM Residential<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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