Can you get an EPC on a plot of land?

[NSS]

Apparently the answer is yes.

 

We're about to sell the house we bought to live in while we built the new one. It was first sold in June 2009 along with the other three houses in the terrace of four. We assumed the original EPC would still be valid, but to our surprise it has in fact expired (didn't even realise EPCs were only valid for 10 years), having been issued in June 2008 - before the developer had even started building it!

 

Now there was me thinking you needed an as built SAP before you can get an EPC, so how the hell can the EPC be dated from when it was still a field?

[ProDave]

I suspect someone was fiddling the system.

 

I tried and tried to get an EPC on the plot with a static caravan but could not. Nor could I get an exemption letter that anyone would accept.

[NSS]

40 minutes ago, ProDave said:

I suspect someone was fiddling the system.

 

I tried and tried to get an EPC on the plot with a static caravan but could not. Nor could I get an exemption letter that anyone would accept.

It seems pretty clear that the EPCs for my property (and for those adjoining it) were either issued against the 'as designed' spec or that the year was entered incorrectly when issued.

 

The developer built the same design on an earlier phase of the development so I suspect they just had EPCs issued for all the houses of that design when the first ones were finished.

 

Doesn't help me of course as I now have to pay for a new one before I can sell the property. I know they're not expensive, but it's the principle of the matter and just another example of big builders getting away with stuff that us self-builders would have no chance of avoiding.