Purchase house: energy class certificate heavily influences property value

Since 1 January 2012 there is an obligation to present the homes are advertised for sale a certificate of energy class. Legislation that for those who choose to buy a used could become decisive for the assessment of the property to be purchased

The obligation to produce the energy performance certificate for sellers will have a strong impact on the prices of used products.

If it is true that the variations in price between properties are not as pronounced among a class F and G, or between an E and a D, instead begin to be felt between a used complete renovation and a good used.

Some examples. A one bedroom apartment of 65 square meters in the central area in Rome if class C costs 7% more than one class in G. The same type of dwelling, in Florence, with a variation in the price of 4 per cent in Milan and Turin, where the energy performance certificate is more prevalent, respectively 15 and 12 percent. If you take into account a detached class becomes a parameter even more significant: the prices of a class C are higher by 14% compared to a class G.

Energy efficiency, therefore, could become the instrument to safeguard the value of their real estate investment, while for those who have to buy a used, pry the category of energy class will normally be made on the ad in order to assess the price of the .

It is a substantial difference in terms of price will be even more marked among new and used semi-new property between class energy efficient (A and B) and one building energy class C, then a property almost new. The changes can even settle around 21% between class A and class B and C.

10/02/2012

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Italian version of CercaGeometra.it