Energy certificate (EPC) for landlords in Birmingham
Energy certificate (EPC) works exactly the same for every landlord in England, Birmingham included - there's no local variation on the legal duty itself. What is specific to Birmingham is the area it covers, below.
An Energy Performance Certificate is valid for 10 years - long enough that most landlords lose track of the expiry date. Kept stores the certificate you upload or file from the mailbox and the dates you confirm, then flags the approaching expiry so you can arrange a new assessment before it lapses.
How to meet this duty, step by step
Certificate and expiry filed
Upload the EPC or file it from the mailbox, then confirm its issue and expiry dates so the certificate and its renewal deadline are on file.
Reminded years, not days, ahead
A 10-year cycle needs a longer lead time than a gas cert. Kept starts nudging well before expiry so a new assessment is booked, not scrambled for.
Current standard kept distinct
Band E is the current minimum energy-efficiency standard for most domestic private rented property unless a valid exemption applies. Proposed higher minimums have no fixed date, and Kept will not treat them as law before they are confirmed.
Straight answers.
What's the current legal minimum?
An EPC is generally required when a property is marketed or let, and the current minimum energy-efficiency standard for most domestic private rented property is band E unless a valid exemption applies. Kept stores the certificate and tracks the expiry dates you confirm; the rating and any exemption remain yours to check. It will flag a future change clearly if one is confirmed and dated.
Can Kept find my existing EPC for me?
Not currently. Upload the certificate or email it to your secure Kept mailbox, then confirm its dates when you file it.
What happens if mine has already expired?
It's marked red immediately so it's the first thing you see - you can't market or re-let on an expired EPC, so this is one you don't want sitting quietly.
More duties in Birmingham
Gas Safety Record (CP12)
Renewal tracked from expiry, reminders from 60 days out, proof of service to tenants logged. Knows the 2-month early-renewal rule that keeps your date fixed.
Electrical report (EICR)
Five years goes quicker than you think. Kept remembers so you don't have to - including the 28-day duty to give tenants a copy.
Deposit protection
30-day protection window tracked from the day the money lands - not the tenancy date - with prescribed information logged.
Ten years is too long to track in your head.
Filed once, watched the whole time.
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