{"id":5025613,"date":"2019-09-03T09:52:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T08:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=5025613"},"modified":"2019-09-03T09:52:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T08:52:04","slug":"energy-efficient-homes-have-top-kerb-appeal-for-uk-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/2019\/09\/03\/energy-efficient-homes-have-top-kerb-appeal-for-uk-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy efficient homes have top kerb appeal for UK buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living in an energy efficient home can reduce your outgoings significantly, not to mention the positive environmental effects, and it’s a top consideration for both homeowners and investors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

New research commissioned by estate agent Jackson-Stops surveyed 2,000 people across the UK and revealed that 21% felt it was more important to reduce CO2 emissions when buying or renting a home than living within one mile of transport links.<\/p>\n

Over one fifth (22%) of those people questioned about what they wanted from their next home, specified energy efficiency with electric car charging points and energy efficient appliances most in demand.<\/p>\n

Zero emissions by 2050 \u2013 every little helps<\/h4>\n

The research is timely as the UK government has announced plans to introduce legislation that will insist on the installation of charging points for electric vehicles<\/a> in all new-build homes in England as part of the UK government\u2019s plans to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n

The research indicates that the younger generation were the most conscious of their carbon footprint<\/a> when choosing a property, with a third stating they would like these features in their next home.<\/p>\n

Londoners lead the home eco campaign<\/h4>\n

Of those surveyed in London, 31% stated that reducing CO2 emissions was most important, which was the highest proportion overall.<\/p>\n

Nick Leeming, chairman of Jackson-Stops, said: \u201cThese responses encompass both renters and buyers, indicating an opportunity not only for housebuilders and build to rent developers but also landlords and vendors.<\/p>\n

\u201cOwners of properties with these features should speak to their local agent about any potential premium they can attract in the current market<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Head of land & new homes at Jackson-Stops<\/em> for the south-west, James Gibbs, said: \u201cZero carbon developments are growing in popularity. In recent years, Jackson-Stops has been appointed on several high-profile schemes including Holland Park in Exeter, which was one of the first zero carbon developments in the south-west. House hunters have an increasing desire for homes with energy efficient appliances and we have found that housebuilders are responding to this buyer demand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Old and new homes<\/h4>\n

Not only new-build properties can be designed around a reduced CO2 model; owners of older properties can also improve energy efficiency by making small adaptations and changes like installing new appliances, or larger changes such as replacing windows and doors.<\/p>\n

BuyAssociation offers a range of property investment opportunities to both owner-occupiers and investors, including a mixture of new-builds and period conversions. Take a look at some of what we have available on our investments page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living in an energy efficient home can reduce your outgoings significantly, not to mention the positive environmental effects, and it’s a top consideration for both homeowners and investors. New research commissioned by estate agent Jackson-Stops surveyed 2,000 people across the UK and revealed that 21% felt it was more important to reduce CO2 emissions when… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":20807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,6],"tags":[298],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025613"}],"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\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5025613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5025613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5025613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5025613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}