Main image: This low-built modern house in Wandsworth (£2.35m, Knight Frank) has sustainable features including solar panels, a green roof and an electric vehicle charge point.
What will raise sustainability up the agenda for house values?
Annabel King explores how sustainability is currently influencing valuations, and discusses what she believes will drive change as the UK pursues its ‘net-zero carbon’ by 2050 goal...
Annabel is a member of the Residential Valuation and Consultancy team based in the Guildford office. From here the team provide valuation advice and constancy advice to a range of banks, other lenders, solicitors, public bodies and private individuals. Annabel provides Red Book valuations, in the main for bank lending but also for tax and matrimonial purposes. Has also assisted on a Restrictive Covenant Lands Tribunal case and advised the National Trust on valuation matters for a range of unusual property types.
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