Did you know a new home is cheaper to run?
Due to recent increases in Environmental Building Regulations, new homes are more energy efficient, and therefore much more cost effective and cheaper to run than older, second hand homes.
A newly built three-bedroom family house will now cost approximately €1000 per year to run, which can be as much as 60% cheaper than running an older home. Because new homes are built in line with the new building regulations, they are more efficient to heat, making them less expensive and more economical to live in.
When you buy a new home advertised on www.chap.ie you will be given a Building Energy Rating (BER) certificate, which will allow you to take the energy performance and energy costs of running your new home into consideration.
Not only is this good for the environment, but this will also result in actual savings over the period of ownership of the home. The benefits derived from better insulation, modern window design and more energy efficient appliances will reduce energy use, resulting in lower bills.
All this, combined with the lowest interest rates available in Ireland for years, means that buying, and living in a new home has never been such good value.
So click here and see what new homes are for sale on www.chap.ie .
For further information about Building Energy Ratings (BER) please click here.
Source: (www.sei.ie and www.environ.ie)
