Landlords in UK should plan ahead for new energy regulations

New Government plans in the UK will require buy to let landlords to spend up to £5,000 to make their rental properties more energy efficient. The new legislation, which kicks in 2018 will require landlords to raise the energy efficiency of their homes to at least Band E for new tenancies by carrying out improvements such as insulation, cavity wall filling and new boilers. It has been suggested by the Residential Landlord’s Association that a total of 330,000 buy to let homes, typically Victor...