The issue of environmentally friendly housing is not one that looks set to go away anytime soon. The whole issue of a sustainable environment is a huge one in today’s society. It is even the excuse that the council uses to explain only collecting my rubbish every two weeks. The housing market is being dragged into the issue, even if some landlords are going kicking and screaming.
For those landlords that are a little reluctant to spend money to save the environment, the Energy Saving Trust have come up with a new idea. A letter from tenant to landlords. In this letter, which the Energy Saving Trust provides, the tenant a property which is warm, comfortable and cheap to run is far more desirable to tenants than the opposite. The point, I should imagine, being that those who do make an effort with energy saving measures are sure to get better tenants and keep them longer.
The letter also points out the measures such as tax breaks and government grants that are available for those landlords who do wan to ‘green up’ their property.
For me the issue of this being the best time to do something about properties that are inefficient, with everything that is on offer has always been the winning point. Hopefully this letter from the tenant reminding landlords that in the near future they may find themselves at the back of the line for the best tenants, will do the trick.
We all want a sustainable environment really, even if I do complain about the lack of rubbish collections.
