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My own house is EPC level D. It is quite interesting that where I used to rent in London had actually made it, I think, to C. That said, the consistency of how the EPC is measured was quite stark: the neighbouring flat had quite a different rating, and different attributes were attributed to exactly the same external walls, so that shows a slight inconsistency. Even now, if I wanted to get my house from a D to a C—not that I am going to rent it out anytime soon—the estimate is that it would probably cost £14,000, which in energy bills repayment would take over 50 years to pay back. I am 53; I hope to last another 30 years, but nowhere near another 50. We just have to get realistic about this. I appreciate that the Government cite all these wonderful other schemes. I actually applied to be evaluated under the Great British Insulation Scheme. All I will say is that once I got through a certain part of the system, the firm wanted to have my pre-agreement to building adaptation, in terms of ventilation, in order to go any further, so I stopped the process.