A growing number of tenants are looking for private sector landlords who can offer them energy efficient properties for rent. Britain’s Energy Saving Trust noted that today’s tenants are looking for comfortable rental homes that are also economical, when it comes to heating and electrical bills.
Additionally, environmental concerns have been front and centre over the past several years and more Britons are keen to reduce carbon emissions, starting in their own homes. According to the Energy Saving Trust, one of the steps that landlords might take is the installation of a condensing boiler, as well as an efficient heating system which incorporates heating controls.
The government is also keen to cut emissions and economize energy use for environmental reasons, but their efforts may not yet appeal to many tenants or homeowners. One of the more controversial plans to is to install “smart” meters in up to 47 million homes and businesses.
But according to a recent consumer preferences survey, the only way that most Britons would support network meters that give utilities remote control over their energy usage is if it results in discounts of between 10% to 20%. In fact, 59% of all respondents expected savings of at least 10% for them to support smart meters.
These statistics show that both tenant and homeowners are most interested in finding economical ways to heat their homes and nearly 75% of respondents indicated that they knew how to lower their energy usage and bills. One way to excel as a landlord is to be aware of how intent tenants are to be more energy efficient and ensure that all appliances in the rental property serve this goal.
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