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- 1 Important information about the Energy Efficiency Certificate
- 2 The energy certificate is mandatory
- 3 What is the energy efficiency certificate for?
- 4 What Do I Have to Do with the Energy Certificate if I Rent or Sell?
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- 6 How to get the Energy Efficiency Certificate
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- 8 What is the Energy Efficiency Label?
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- 10 Expiration of the Energy Certificate
- 11 How much Does the Energy Certificate Cost?
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- 13 Can I Request the Certificate when I Already Sell Insurance or Rent the House?
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- 15 Does the energy certificate vary the price of the house?
Important information about the Energy Efficiency Certificate
If you are going to sell a house or intend to rent it, it is mandatory to have the energy efficiency certificate or energy certificate. Although we have already talked about it before, today we are going to try to reflect here all the important information about the Energy Efficiency Certificate.
Not having the corresponding certificate before even selling or renting the property could lead to an infraction and risk an economic sanction ranging from 300 euros to 6000. That is why we see it important that all points are clear.
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The energy certificate is mandatory
Having this energy certificate is mandatory if you plan to sell or rent your house or property. There is no distinction between new or second-hand housing, both must have their corresponding certificate in force and carried out by a certifying technician duly approved for it.
What happens if I do not have an energy certificate?
Not having an energy certificate is a serious matter. Firstly, because the potential buyer or lessor of the property is being deprived of important and fundamental information for their decision.
Secondly, because this constitutes an infringement of current legislation and exposes us to the possibility of fines ranging from 300 to 6000 euros.
Both the potential buyer or tenant can demand said certificate from us, as can the real estate agency in the event that we are going to sell or rent it through an agency. Also the notary himself at the time of signing the contract may ask us for a copy of said energy certificate.
What is the energy efficiency certificate for?
This certificate and the energy efficiency label inform the potential buyer or tenant of the necessary information of the property regarding energy consumption. This is fundamental information for this person to make a decision about buying or renting said property.
You will be able to calculate and foresee the cost that you will have to assume for being the owner or renting the house or property in question based on its consumption.
That is why it is considered fundamental information that must be published in any document offering for sale or rent, just like other information such as the price or surface area thereof.
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What Do I Have to Do with the Energy Certificate if I Rent or Sell?
The energy certificate is a document that accompanies the house or property. Therefore, it must be attached to it.
This means that, in the case of selling the house, the original of said certificate must be given to the buyer. In addition, that certificate is no longer useful to you if you are going to sell the house.
In the event that it is a rental, you must also deliver a copy of the original to the tenant. Although the original must remain in your possession since the house is still yours.
How to get the Energy Efficiency Certificate
It must be a certifying technician correctly approved who performs it so that it is valid.
This technician, when contracting their services, will visit the property and ask us for the documentation they deem necessary for the preparation of the certificate.
Once the report is made, it is registered with the competent body of the autonomous community where the property is located. It is this same body that issues the Energy Efficiency Label corresponding to the property.
What is the Energy Efficiency Label?
The Energy Efficiency Label allows advertising information regarding consumption. This label establishes the rating of the property based on its energy consumption.
This label and the information it contains is what must be incorporated into any offer of sale or rent as fundamental information of the house.
Expiration of the Energy Certificate
The energy efficiency certificate has a validity of 10 years from its formalization. After that time, it must be renewed since the circumstances and the energy consumption label of the house or property may have varied.
Not renewing it can also be grounds for sanction and possible fines.
How much Does the Energy Certificate Cost?
The cost of obtaining the energy certificate varies depending on some companies to others. There have also been quite a few differences between some autonomous communities to others.
What it costs is what the technician or certifying company requests for preparing the report. In general, this cost will not be less than about 300 euros. Even so, it is little money if you take into account that the minimum fines for a minor infraction can already range between 300 and 600 euros. The serious ones can reach up to 6000 euros, so it pays to do things properly from the beginning.
Can I Request the Certificate when I Already Sell Insurance or Rent the House?
This is what many sellers and landlords think. Not getting the energy certificate until the sale or rental agreement is formalized so as not to spend money ahead of time.
Proceeding in this way constitutes an infraction and may entail a sanction and the corresponding fine.
The energy efficiency certificate is mandatory from the first moment of starting to sell or rent it. We are obliged to offer said information on the energy consumption of the property to potential buyers or to those who want to rent the house.
In addition, that information must be incorporated into any type of offer for sale or rent. Whether in an offer through companies and real estate agencies, as well as through advertising through different formats and channels and even in offers through the internet.
It is information as basic as the price, location or square meters of the house. Failure to do so will constitute a serious violation of current legislation.
Does the energy certificate vary the price of the house?
A priori, the energy certificate does not directly influence the price of the house or rent. That is, we are not obliged to change our sale price for what is said in the energy certificate and the corresponding energy consumption label.
It is true that if a house obtains a low energy rating on its label, it may lead to greater difficulties in selling it since it is assumed that maintaining that house will be more expensive for the potential buyer.
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