THE MEES REGULATIONS: MINIMUM B BY 2030: A LANDLORD’S SURVIVAL GUIDE

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THE MEES REGULATIONS – MINIMUM B BY 2030 – A LANDLORD’S SURVIVAL GUIDE

The UK Government has confirmed that it intends to ratchet the minimum standard for lettings over the course of the decade to make it unlawful to let properties with an EPC rating below B by 2030.  By the government’s own figures, this means that 85% of the leasehold property market would not currently meet this requirement and would therefore be unlettable.  Whilst providing tenants a multitude of opportunities for negotiation and strategic advantage, this talk will also look at the challenge faced by Landlords who will need to sharply focus on substantial measures to bring their portfolios up to B+ over the coming years, including:

• Perilous acquisitions – how to avoid purchasing a liability
• Portfolio assessment – how to identify which properties will prove most problematic
• Lease structuring – how to best deflect the cost of MEES
• Property Management – strategies to minimise MEES risk and costs
• Lease end – managing an EPC upgrade amongst a dilapidations claim
• Reletting/sale – how to dispose of an unlettable building

Ben Strange, Director, Mobius Building Consultancy Ltd