Episode 132: How can we reduce energy use to navigate rising costs?

Join Stuart, Simon and special guest Emma as they talk about retro-fitting property for better energy efficiency and comfort. Make sure you catch Emma's dancing trio! The chat this week includes: Bills inclusive rent (eg for HMOs) is a concern. Heating controlls (eg Time:o:stat). Insulating well can remove the need to worry about heating management. Start simple! 34% of homes with lofts are not insulated!. Old insulation might need replacing (or increasing). Always check the loft! How to insulate suspended wooden floors (eg in a Victorian terrace). "String" to insulate between floorboards - DraughtEx. Emma's dancing trio - insulation, draught proofing, and ventilation. Heat exchange ventilation (for a Victorian terrace). Insulating a concrete floor. Limitations of EPCs when retrofitting. Dew points. What is a lambda value for insulation. Issues with builder education - issues with a standard practice of battening off to create voids. Find us on Twitter or LinkedIn: Stuart, Simon. Please leave us a rating and review if you're enjoying the show. This podcast is produced in association with PaTMa, the leading application for self managing landlords who want to save time and stay compliant. Easily track properties, tenancies, tenants, repairs, rent, mortgage payments and safety certificates. Get your FREE account today.Special Guest: Emma Winfield.

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The Business of Property follows the journey of two entrepreneurs working in the property world. Stuart is a property investor with a focus on HMOs, mostly for the student market. He prefers a hands-off approach with most of his investment properties being remote. Simon has a small portfolio of vanilla buy-to-let properties that he mostly self-manages. To make his property management easier he created Property and Tenant Manager (https://www.patma.co.uk/). Simon and Stuart, along with guests, discuss the ups and downs they're experiencing in their property businesses. Along the way they share property news, business tips and anything else that happens to crop up their weekly chats. Popular episodes include: Getting started in property (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/59) - the first in a mini series discussing topics to consider when starting in property investment. Property investment terms (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/12) - great if you're just getting started in property and need some help understanding the common jargon. Property strategy terms (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/13) - another jargon busting episode that's great if you're early in your property journey or considering changing your property strategy. Less property but relevant to everyone is a discussion on time management (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/10). Last but not least are a couple of episodes that talk about angel investing (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/14) and property finance (https://www.thebusinessofproperty.com/15) more widely.