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    Il settore degli affitti di retrofitting costerebbe fino a € 8 miliardi – ESRI

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    2. TheFreemanLIVES on

      Man, that’s awful. If only there some kind of regulations where resource is allocated to ensure that existing rentals met the legal requirements and someone had thought of this idea decades ago.

      Wow, such a missed opportunity, the government must be shitting themselves the public will find out and hold them accountable at election time…

    3. susanboylesvajazzle on

      They’re looking at the cost of doing it.
      The issues flagged are access to capital for the landlord to do it – which is a legitimate issue.

      Also, the fact that the cost will be passed on to the renter – which I think we all knew would be the case too.

      But, there are benefits to this also, no? We’ll have a more energy-efficient housing stock:

      >Quoting data from the Central Statistics Office, it said that 8.9% of RTB-registered rental properties have a BER of F or G, compared to 15% of Irish owner-occupied homes.

      This will help both the occupier (whether the cost of rent increase will be offset with the cost savings on energy I don’t know), at the very least having a warmer home, but also to the country about reduced emissions.

    4. CurrencyDesperate286 on

      Actually cheaper than I would have expected to get everything up to B

      I’d imagine labour is a more fundamental blocker.

    5. blokia on

      You can frame that as retro fitting will generate economic activity valued at least €8bn

    6. hmmm_ on

      The government won’t stop until the entire rental sector consists of one single 200m square 4 bedroom A1 rated rental apartment with a live-in concierge and a single bike parking space.

      Minimum standards should be minimum standards. If people want to pay more, let them. They are making the rental market unaffordable for everyone except those on big salaries.

    7. Turbulent_Yard2120 on

      The landlords will have to dip into their shed full of cash to pay off this cost.. (Assuming the shed isn’t being rented out already, of course!)..

    8. SubstantialAttempt83 on

      At a time when rentals are in short supply there is little chance of the government enforcing a minimum B BER rating.

      Anything below a BER of C would require material improvements to the property and would require the property to be vacant to complete.

      Any grants will cause a price increase to both rental and domestic home improvements, the prices quoted by the ESRI appear optimistic at best.

      As we all know any additional costs will be passed onto the end users, ie the renters.

    10. SinceriusRex on

      a load of people would be warmer
      a load of people would work and be able to take on apprentices in a growing and crucial sector
      a load of people would have cheaper energy bills
      we’d be closer to meeting our climate targets and saving billions in fines
      ….this seems like an ok deal

    11. KILLIGUN0224 on

      Seems like a bargain considering the money we’re wasting on AS and refugees who are abusing our lax systems. 
      Not sure is this more of a bargain, or is the AS bill colossal.

    12. Sharp_Fuel on

      Actually a lot lower than what I expected. Government must act on this though, will only get more expensive as time goes on, incentivize landlords through tax reliefs for renovations and grants, punish those who refuse to bring properties up to scratch

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