Oakville Real Estates have teamed up exclusively with CompleteHIPs.com (a sister company) to provide our customers with Residential and Commercial Energy Performance Certificates.  In addition to EPCs, we are able to offer Home Information Packs which are needed during the home buying process.  We offer:

• Complete Home Information Packs for Residential properties
• Residential Energy Assessments
• Commercial Energy Assessments
• DEC Services
• And many other energy services

Home Information Packs (HIPs) started with 4 bedroom properties and larger in August 2007 and then phased in to the other size properties over the subsequent months.  Now that HIPs are fully introduced the vast majority of home owners will need to obtain one before they can market their property. This is a significant change to the home buying and selling process, but not something that should alarm you and hopefully over time, they will actually improve the overall process!
An EPC will tell buyers and sellers about a home's energy efficiency, using A to G ratings like those used on appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators. The certificate will also specifically show, for each individual property, various improvements that could be made to cut fuel bills and carbon emissions, the costs of doing this and how quickly these will be recouped through reduced energy expenditure.