I am a landlord
It's a big responsibility, owning a property that someone else lives in. We can help you make your property comfortable and healthy and ensure that you are meeting statutory requirements, such as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES).
Our friendly advisors
are fully trained to work in the community, all have City & Guilds in Energy Awareness, will listen to the needs of you and your tenants and can:
- Support tenants in your property
- Attend a group or drop in
- Come along to events
- Hold training sessions and workshops
- Help you meet the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for your rental property
How we can help
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Energy advice
If you want help to understand energy, to find out more about grants and support you may be entitled to, or to learn how to use energy well, you can talk to us to:
- Reduce bills
- Prevent waste
- Apply for the Warm Home Discount
- Join Priority Service Registers
- Reduce carbon emissions.
Heating & boilers
Everyone should have a warm and healthy home. As a landlord you are responsible for ensuring your property is not a risk to health. You can talk to us to:
- Understand heating controls better
- Tackle damp and mould
- Find out if there are any government grants and schemes to upgrade heating and boilers (such as ECO and ECHO).
You may be required to pay top-up funding.
Heating & boilers
You are responsible for ensuring your property is not a risk to health.
Insulation or solar PV
If your property needs better insulation or you are interested in renewable energy, you can talk to us to:
- Find current government grants and schemes for floor, loft, cavity and external wall insulation and solar PV. You may be required to pay top-up funding.
- Find out about small things that can make a big. Read about your options in simple changes.
Insulation or solar PV
Effective ways to save money and energy.
Simple changes
We can help you make small steps to make a big difference. Talk to us about:
- Draught proofing
- Free curtains for tenants eligible.
Simple changes
Small steps can make a big difference.
Support
If tenants need support on energy issues we can mediate between you, the tenant and supplier to:
- Address energy debt
- Help arrange payment plans
- Resolve disputes
- Sort meter confusion
- Support complaints.
Support
We can talk to tenants and suppliers for you.
Your responsibilities
If your rental property has high energy bills or is cold and damp, we can help you understand the reasons why, and:
- Visit your property
- Recommend measures to make it warmer, more efficient or damp free (some tenants share this information with their landlords to resolve problems together).
Your responsibilities
Understand the reasons your property has high bills or is cold and damp.
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES)
If you have received a letter from Plymouth City Council identifying your rental property as possibly being in breach of the MEES regulations, or you have a property that you think might be in breach, we can give you free and impartial advice about improving your properties, your eligibility for any grants or support and finding specialist advice and installers.
Visit our Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) information page.
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES)
Help you to comply with the law.
Contact Us
Find out more about how we can help - just give us a ring, text or send us an email.
Email Us 01752 477117
Landlord obligations under MEES
All private rental properties MUST have an EPC of Grade E or above, we can help you bring your property into compliance.
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Advice guides
We have a wide range of downloadable advice guides: from switching to getting solar, heating controls to lighting, we've got you covered.
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Damp & mould video
Watch our short animation about how to keep damp and mould from your home.
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Priority Services Register
Of pensionable age, suffer from long-term ill health, are registered disabled or have a hearing or visual impairment?
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Save water, save energy
Around 20% of your energy costs are for heating water. Reduce your water waste and you'll save money on your energy and water bills.
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Switching supplier or tariff
Don't pay more than you need to, we can help you switch and save up to £200 a year.
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Warm Home Discount
It will be a payment applied to your electricity or gas bill. If you're on a prepay meter, a top-up voucher.
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David called to ask for support with his tenant, who was ill and vulnerable to the cold. He wanted to upgrade the heating system from fixed electric heaters.
It's fantastic to know that you are there to help, I was so worried about my tenant but I couldn't afford a whole new system. You made it easy from start to finish.
We helped David to secure part funding for a gas connection and a new central heating system.
Helen referred all of her tenants to the Energy Team so that they could benefit from free simple energy efficiency measures.
I would recommend PEC to anyone! Every household has slightly different needs and you show you care which instantly builds trust so they accept help.
We also supported tenants to switch supplier and save money on their bills.
Want to partner with us?
If your organisation would like to collaborate with us to help us to create a fair, affordable, zero carbon energy system with local people at our heart then please get in touch!
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