Energy renovation: your Sextant estate agent can help you!

If the topic of energy renovation is on everyone’s lips, it’s because it addresses a real societal issue, from several angles: the renovation of an aging housing stock, the provision of comfort or even satisfactory health conditions within homes, adaptation to climate change and the reduction of our energy consumption.

It is not always straightforward for a homeowner to identify the specific needs of their property, to launch a complex project, and to find the right partners to entrust with the work. It is entirely natural then that the professional already in contact with these owners, experienced and able to be trained to provide concrete advice and solutions, should intervene: the estate agent presents itself as an ideal intermediary.

Sextant France & International has fully understood this and trains its registered agents in energy renovation, provides the tools useful for effective intervention, and directs clients towards a network of trusted professionals for the execution of works.

Your estate agent is now your best ally for proceeding with an energy renovation!

Why proceed with energy renovation?

Whether you are an investor or an occupier, a buyer or a seller, the energy renovation of a property may concern you for various reasons that we can briefly outline:

• Responding to the legal requirements that will progressively ban properties rated E, F and G on the EPC from rental;
• Gaining thermal comfort;
• Reducing the amount of energy bills;
• Increasing the value of your property on the market.

Renovation can occur at any time, but the period when the property is the subject of a transaction is the most obvious, as it may then be vacant. The primary aim may be to put all the odds in your favour to sell easily or sell for more, or for a buyer to carry out renovation to transform a property to their taste, with the improvement of energy performance being a component of the renovation.

Your estate agent, an expert at the service of your project

By accompanying you in all your life projects, your estate agent is certainly best placed, as an expert in the field, to be your privileged ally when a renovation project emerges. Their approach can cover several areas.

Advice on renovation actions to undertake

First of all, your agent is responsible for selling your property or helping you acquire one: they know every nook and cranny and all the technical characteristics. They are therefore best placed to indicate the desirable transformations, linked to improving energy performance and gaining comfort.

Thanks to the tools that the Sextant network makes available to them, they are able to identify energy losses, propose an effective renovation plan, and even schedule it in parallel with the transaction.

An accurate valuation

The estate agent’s support on the energy renovation topic also enables them to be more effective in their work of valuing a property. By precisely costing the necessary works, they can adjust the desirable selling price to attract buyers and enable you to sell quickly. On the buyer side, this work enables the acquisition budget, works included, to be validated without fear of additional costs jeopardising their project.

Support in obtaining financial assistance

Energy renovation works are most often eligible for funding, which can be divided into three categories: subsidies from the Ma Prime Rénov’ public scheme, those related to energy saving certificates issued by energy suppliers, and potential local authority assistance. From another angle, the financing of works can be facilitated by obtaining zero-interest loans in particular.

Building a viable file and clarifying the financing while taking all these elements into account is complex: your estate agent can help you activate the right levers at the right moment, and ensure you do not miss out on any assistance.

A natural connection with the right professionals

Finally, the experience and network developed by an estate agent leads them to know trustworthy companies in their area, towards which they can direct you. Furthermore, the Sextant France & International network of registered agents goes further by developing genuine partnerships with leading energy renovation companies across the metropolitan territory.

Energy renovation: a pillar of property sales

Ultimately, energy renovation is becoming inseparable from property transactions, as it is essential for a buyer that the performance of the home is well rated on the EPC: they wish to move into a property that is energy-efficient, comfortable and valued on the market. On the seller side, carrying out works enables the selling price to be maximised, as energy performance has become an argument in its own right in property sales.

Everyone has an interest in addressing the need for energy renovation, and within the framework of a property transaction, this adds a complexity for the management of which the parties are happy to be able to rely on their estate agent. Thank you Sextant France & International!