Since 1 January 2009, it has become mandatory that the owners present the energy certificate of their property to potential buyers, renters or lessees.
The Energy Certificate is the document that assigns a performance label to housing and service buildings; it lists measures to improve the energy performance of these properties, boosting energy savings of 20% to 40% and consequent reductions in CO2 emissions. The energy label allows you to classify residential or service fractions, on an efficiency scale ranging from A + (high energy efficiency) to G (low efficiency), similar to that existing for some appliances and equipment, allowing for easy reading and interpretation by the consumer.
In this way, Parcialfinance Portugal established a protocol with an energy certification company in order to proceed with energy certification of our clients' properties. To obtain the certificate, owners will have to pay a fee to ADENE (regulatory institution) of € 45,000 for residential buildings and € 250,000 for service buildings, in addition to the current VAT rate. In addition to these costs, the certification company's fees are presented in detail.
Therefore, if you have fractions that were leased after January 1, 2009 and that do not have an energy certificate, you are subject to a fine between € 250 and € 3,740.98, so you need to apply for certification so that fractions comply with the law.
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