DPE: “An owner offered 200 euros to a colleague to note his accommodation”

Presented this Thursday, March 19 by the Minister of Housing, the plan to combat energy performance diagnostics aims in particular to limit the pressure of owners on diagnosticians.

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Landlord, you must redo the Energy performance diagnosis (DPE) of the good that you rent and tremble at the idea that the redesign of the calculation method, in 2021, brings the note from D to F or G. Letters which would classify your property in the category of thermal colanders, prohibited of rental from 2028 for F and since January 1, 2025 for G.

Large is therefore the temptation to ask the diagnostician to be mild … “Some owners really put pressure on us. One two sent me an email saying that he was waiting for a DPE C. Another offered a colleague to give him 200 euros so that he will assign a good note to his good room… ”reports a franchisee from the Diagamter network. Either more or less the price of a DPE, precisely.

DPE: owners, the results will no longer be communicated to you immediately

Owners disappointed by the note refuse to pay the DPE

To avoid these kinds of situations, leading to DPE of complacency, the Minister of Housing, Valérie Létard, announced this Thursday, March 19, a plan of ten measures, which notably ends the Immediate issuance of the result of the DPE to the owner. The latter will now have to wait several hours after visiting the diagnostician, even the next day, to know the note of his property. The opportunity, for the Diagamter franchisee to underline “We always ask the owners to settle before knowing the result of the DPE, otherwise some refuse to pay us because they are disappointed. And I give you the derogatory opinions left on Google to take revenge… ”

Another measure of the plan announced by Valérie Létard: the geolocation of diagnosticians, In order to verify that they made the DPE well in the apartment or the house and not by phone. If some diagnosticians are satisfied with a phone call, “It is because they are subject to a quota of four DPEs per day and they have a bonus if they make a fifth”explains our expert.

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70 information to be provided to establish a DPE

However, the realization of a DPE requires passingu minus 45 minutes In the good, for the smallest housing size, indicates Valérie Létard. “In an apartment of 75 square meters, it’s 1:30 minter”adds the diagnostician.

Measuring the thickness of the double glazing, detection of the presence of insulation by means of endoscopes connected to the phone and introduced into the wall after having dismantled an electrical outlet, search for the date of the insulation, transition to the boiler room of the building to know the specificities of the boiler, calls to the old owners if the current ones have all the necessary information … 70 elements to be informed to establish a DPE. So, if a so-called professional assures you to complete your DPE in 30 minutes, run away!