It may well be that Jamie has had a bad experience though, and we should give him room if this were the case. I have personally been in the building and construction industry for over 20 years and now carry out SAPs, EPCs, for new and existing dwellings as well as commercial and public building energy surveys.

To say heat loss is commonsense is anything but the truth, thermal imaging cameras are now at a reasonable cost level to be used in main stream surveying…and Oh my word what I have uncovered…

If the planet had commonsense it would evict us all!!

Finally Jamie, if your Assessor did not “look” in the roof space report him/her to their Accreditation Body the details can be found in the report next to the Assessors contact details…standards must be maintained.

Labour could take a leaf out of Shapp’s book for sure in this regard. The problem they have and this is not just Shapps and housing is that it is all well and good saying we will give you detail on issues, but then not being prepared to do so.

The saving caveat seems to be accross the board for the tories we need to be in governent before we give you the full details.

However, i will await to see their response and whether it actually answers any questions on this subject. One must ask is partial transparency and honesty actually transparency and honesty.

Many thanks for the information which is gratefully received. Further details on Nigel’s website can be found here http://www.homesmatter.co.uk

It must be noted that the information is from approx June 2009 and we seek confirmation whether this is still current Conservative policy.

The information indicates the Conservatives change in policy from the EPCs only being required at the end of the marketing process to a point similar to dates before 6th April 2009.

There is subtle differences between how EPCs are/were implemented prior to 6th April 2009 and they are now; which did give rise to abuse of the system which was removed when EPCs were required before marketing could legally commence.

EPCs are required at the start of the process at present. What is being possibly suggested (but is not clear in our minds) is that an EPC must be ordered but NOT in place at the start.

We have looked where you suggested and see no evidence of intent from Grant Shapps. Have you listened to the NHBC lecture?

We have had acknowledgement from Grant Shapps’s office that they have received our request for clarification and will post as and when we receive it.

If you have a written statement Nigel from Grant Shapps office we would be interested in reading it.