How EPC ratings are penalising my all-electric flat

Michael Holder
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(L-R) The previous EPC rating vs the latest updated certificate | Credit: Michael Holder
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(L-R) The previous EPC rating vs the latest updated certificate | Credit: Michael Holder

In the latest in our series, a visit from OVO's Energy Experts provides Michael Holder with some valuable energy saving tips - and an insight into the unhelpful vagaries of the Energy Performance Certificate regime

Until only a few months ago, I'd spent the best part of a decade living in various draughty Edwardian and Victorian terraces. Many will be familiar with the type: where heat from the gas boiler quickly...

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