5. The Assessor shall rely upon information provided by the Client and/or Client’s legal or other professional advisers relating to tenure,
tenancies and other relevant matters.
6. The Assessor will have regard to the apparent condition, and age of the property but will not carry out a building survey nor inspect those
parts of the property which are not easily available. The Assessor will not be under a duty to arrange for the testing of 7.
7. In reporting the Assessor will make the following assumptions, which he/she will be under no duty to verify: electrical, heating or other
services. The assessor will not enter the roof void but will inspect the roof void using a “head and shoulders” inspection only from the roof
hatch. They will not be required to check roof voids or otherwise hidden structures where access is only available outside the property. (E.g. access in common areas or other flats);
tenancies and other relevant matters.
6. The Assessor will have regard to the apparent condition, and age of the property but will not carry out a building survey nor inspect those
parts of the property which are not easily available. The Assessor will not be under a duty to arrange for the testing of 7.
7. In reporting the Assessor will make the following assumptions, which he/she will be under no duty to verify: electrical, heating or other
services. The assessor will not enter the roof void but will inspect the roof void using a “head and shoulders” inspection only from the roof
hatch. They will not be required to check roof voids or otherwise hidden structures where access is only available outside the property. (E.g. access in common areas or other flats);
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that good title can be shown and that the property is not subject to any unusual or especially onerous restrictions, encumbrances or outgoings;
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that inspection of those parts which have not been inspected would neither reveal material defects nor cause the Assessor to alter the information collected materially;
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8. The Report will be provided for the stated purpose(s) and for the sole use of the named Client. It will be confidential to the Client and the Client’s professional advisers. The Assessor accepts responsibility to the Client alone that the Report will be prepared with the skill, care and diligence reasonably to be expected of a competent assessor but accepts no responsibility whatsoever to any parties other than the Client. Any such parties rely upon the Report at their own risk. Neither the whole or any part of the Report nor any reference to it may be included in any published document, circular or statement nor published in any way without NRG Reports Ltd’s written approval.
9. The parties to this agreement do not intend that any of its terms will be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person not a party to it.
10. NRG Reports Ltd has a procedure for dealing with customer complaints and a copy of this is available on request.
11. The Client will pay and submit the agreed fee and the cost of all reasonable out-
12. Where credit terms have been granted the Client will pay to NRG Reports Ltd the fee agreed, or that fee based on NRG Reports Ltd scale
of fees as confirmed to the Client. In addition, the Client will pay NRG Report Ltd the cost of all reasonable out-
30 days of the invoice date. Overdue payments will attract interest at 4% pa above the National Westminster Bank base rate.
NOTES FOR GUIDANCE TO CLIENTS
What are Energy Assessments. How does this fit in with the Home Information Pack?
The Government has decided that certain categories of property must have an Energy Performance Certificate when they are brought to the
market for sale.
An Energy Assessment is an inspection of the property carried out on a defined basis set by the Government. The inspection is a significant
part of the statutory process necessary in order that an Energy Performance Certificate can be granted on the property. This is given by the
Government appointed accreditation body using information that has been given to it by the NRG Report’s Government accredited
assessors/inspectors. At the end of the process an Energy Performance Certificate will be issued to the property owner, and this can be
