{"id":2797,"date":"2017-05-23T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2017-05-23T07:00:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:00:19","slug":"smart-tech-wont-make-home-energy-efficient-also-raise-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2017\/05\/23\/smart-tech-wont-make-home-energy-efficient-also-raise-value\/","title":{"rendered":"How smart tech won\u2019t only make your home more energy efficient but also raise its value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>House prices have been on a constant rise for a very long time in the UK and continue to do so, now there&#8217;s just an additional reason why.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/10\/uk-house-prices-lead-general-election\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">house prices continuing to climb<\/a> &#8211; although at a lower rate than before &#8211; and moving house therefore becoming more expensive, it might be time to have a think about how you could invest in your own home. Or buy one that has already got everything you need.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wxweLsIDW6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/18\/5-surprising-factors-impact-house-prices\/\">5 Surprising Factors that Impact House Prices<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;5 Surprising Factors that Impact House Prices&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/18\/5-surprising-factors-impact-house-prices\/embed\/#?secret=FSzApi7KDy#?secret=wxweLsIDW6\" data-secret=\"wxweLsIDW6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With Brexit only just at its beginning and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/15\/general-election-2017-can-theresa-may-actually-generation-rent\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">general election only weeks away<\/a>, some might consider improving rather than moving when it comes to new property adventures.<\/p>\n<p>One popular way to make adjustments to either your own home or your current investment property is through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/02\/21\/uk-homeowners-renovation-decoration-ups-price-home\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">extensions and cosmetic changes<\/a>. At least if your pockets are deep enough to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Another option would be to improve your property\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/04\/16\/housing-sector-moving-towards-proptech-and-smart-home-technology\/\">energy efficiency<\/a>. This might not sound particularly exciting, but can save you a lot of money in the long-run if you\u2019re living in the property yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Or if you\u2019re thinking about making changes to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/03\/30\/property-investment-qa-7-new-home-renovation\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">investment property<\/a>, improving its Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is still a brilliant idea as propert\u2019s with a better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2018\/02\/09\/landlords-need-prepare-new-epc-rules-april-2018\/\">EPC<\/a> rating usually have a higher value.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hhom6qrdvB\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/15\/new-tram-stops-boost-house-prices-cities-like-manchester-birmingham\/\">New tram stops boost house prices in cities like Manchester and Birmingham<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;New tram stops boost house prices in cities like Manchester and Birmingham&#8221; &#8212; BuyAssociation Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/15\/new-tram-stops-boost-house-prices-cities-like-manchester-birmingham\/embed\/#?secret=GlcaoJzOeI#?secret=hhom6qrdvB\" data-secret=\"hhom6qrdvB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the UK\u2019s former Department of Energy and Climate Change estimated that energy-saving improvements could increase a property\u2019s value by up to 14%. But that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2017\/05\/22\/majority-uks-landlords-tenants-like\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">those landlords<\/a> who are considering improvements to their properties, be aware of the new energy minimum standards that are coming into effect from 1 April 2018. According to this new law, a rental property must have an energy efficiency rating of at least E in order to be rented out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House prices have been on a constant rise for a very long time in the UK and continue to do so, now there&#8217;s just an additional reason why. With house prices continuing to climb &#8211; although at a lower rate than before &#8211; and moving house therefore becoming more expensive, it might be time to<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2017\/05\/23\/smart-tech-wont-make-home-energy-efficient-also-raise-value\/\" title=\"ReadHow smart tech won\u2019t only make your home more energy efficient but also raise its value\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1069,"featured_media":4339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[298,29,41,31],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1069"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}