A couple who forked out £40,000 to make their house energy-efficient are fuming after being slapped with an F energy rating. The couple put their 1936 ex-local authority, three-bed semi in Horseheath, Cambridgeshire - worth £400,000 - on the market so they could downsize, but were shocked to receive the near-rock bottom energy rating. She added: 'We feel there is a need to expose the ineffectiveness and impact of a very poor EPC system that penalises clean electric energy options. The Government said last year that landlords will have to meet decent energy efficiency standards in homes they rent out by 2030. All private landlords in England and Wales will be required to meet EPC C or above by the end of the decade, up from the lower EPC E level currently required.

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2026 06:43 UTC