Improving an E1 rated home?

Paddy1234

Hi all - I'm house hunting at the moment and looking at an E1 rated home. It was built in 1988 - has doubled glazed windows so presumably it's losing most of the heat through the walls/roof.

I don't know much about construction but would anyone be able to tell me what roughly would it cost to get it up to a C rating?

It's probably not as black and white as that but any advice on what I should be looking out for would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help

L1011

Get the BER # and read the report - this will show where it has dropped down. Don't inherently trust that the report is accurate particularly on things which cannot be seen - wall insulation and even attic insulation depending on how lazy or not the assessor was.

Other almost pointless factors which can bring the rating down somewhat are lighting - incandescent or halogen vs. CFL/LED bulbs - and the perceived age of the boiler rather than any actual check on its efficiency. The report will have this in it if these were a factor.

crock!

To climb up the ladder on ber .what they look for is
1 insulated attic 300mm
2 wall insulation weather it be internal or in the cavity or external.
3 insulated hot water cylinder(factory insulated)
4 condensing boiler oil or gas
5 a zoned house.(can you heat up stairs or down stairs or hot water individualy)
6 is the fire place open fire or stove(open fire pulls heat up the chimney from the room)at least you can close the door on a stove when not in use.saveing heat
7 solar pannels or tubes
i hope this helps.there are a lot of houses in ireland that are d or e