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Retirees rush to become home inspectors
29 January, 2007
New legislation which says Home Information Packs (HIPs) must contain an Energy Performance Certificate has left retirees flocking to take up work as part time domestic energy assessors (DEAs)
Over the last year, much debate has been sparked over HIPs with many changes in how the proposed packs will function being implemented.
DEAs, who must be members of an approved certification or accreditation scheme, are now needed to prepare the compulsory certificates.
And those with a pension and mothers looking for some extra work are being quick to offer their services as DEAs, according to a home inspector expert.
Andy Featherstone, head of business development at websites energy-assessors.com and homeinspectors.co.uk, which specialise in advising home inspectors, said: "We are seeing a huge variety of people coming forward to train as a DEA.
"There are people who are looking at it as a full time working opportunity, other people who are looking at it as either a pension top-up where they may do four or five energy assessments a week."
Estate agents across the country have voiced their dissatisfaction with the new legislation for HIPs including the former president of the National Association of Estate Agents.
Trevor Kent has described the way the scheme has been put together as "inept, inefficient and unprofessional".
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