DIY Landlord EPCs £40

Email certification

Submitted by: MikeC (Admin) on 20-Feb-09 02:47:26 PM

It's not funny but you have to laugh at the sheer audacity of this advert found on the Residential Landlords Association website (scroll down about a third of the window) for DIY Energy Performance Certificates to landlords.

Check out the screenshot (click to enlarge):

Consider the matter reported to both accreditation schemes (although the website says the DEA is 'triple accredited') - I won't say by whom, but I'm sure they'll choose to reveal themselves if appropriate.

Tip o' the hat to Garry Fowlds for spotting it.

In case you're reading this without images, it says:

We can produce EPCs for £40 from Landlord's own data. We email you our simple questionaire, you complete it and we produce your EPC. All done electronically. No site visit necessary. Simple, efficient and great value. (sic)

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Reply #1 on : Fri February 20, 2009, 15:33:29

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Quidos have contacted the DEA in question to remind them about our strict guidelines on lodging EPC's.

Tom Conniffe
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Reply #2 on : Fri February 20, 2009, 18:35:37

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First-time poster here Mike, so congratulations on what looks like a great site. I'll be keeping a regular eye from now on.

On the subject at hand, I find it staggering that this DEA hasn't been struck off by his accreditation scheme and disbarred from practice altogether. Sorry Quidos, but "contacting the DEA to remind them about [your] strict guidelines" is tantamount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist and forms no sanction whatsoever - in fact, such a supine reaction is giving them a licence to carry on taking the p*ss.

In the face of constant downward pressures on DEA income from middlemen and the property slump in general, it's corner-cutters like this joker that make our job all the more difficult and damage further the credibility of our profession.

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Re: Email certification
Reply #3 on : Sat February 21, 2009, 17:52:55

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Thanks Tom ;)

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Re: Email certification
Reply #4 on : Sat February 21, 2009, 17:59:03

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...and 'Quidos' ;)

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Email certification
Reply #5 on : Mon February 23, 2009, 14:31:09

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Thanks Mike.
I emailed the RLA with my complaint and they're looking into it. Suggest a barrage of complaints to the guy responsible for RLA ads as well as Quidos, et al

Last Edit: February 23, 2009, 14:37:56 by admin  

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Re: Email certification
Reply #6 on : Mon February 23, 2009, 14:44:11

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Sorry Mark, had to remove the email address from your post as I don't want to attract the email spammers with their harvesting scripts to this site (plus it wouldn't be fair to poor John at the RLA).

Hope you understand.