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Energy Sieves: Diagnostic Scams Explode
Energy Sieves: Diagnostic Scams Explode
(France 2)
Owners have a false energy performance diagnosis carried out in order to rent or sell their property, which is considered to be a thermal sieve.
In the heart of the capital, a popular district, walkers and Parisians: the Marais, and its apartments sought after by buyers from all over the world. But today, a real estate agent is worried. While showing a rare property in the area on the top floor, she specifies its energy performance: it is a thermal sieve. These apartments will be prohibited from renting next January. The energy performance diagnosis (the DPE) can tip a sale. So some would not hesitate to falsify the score on the document. Changed from G to F, or even to E, without doing any work.
The illegal practice whets the appetite of scammers. Via online messaging, many claim to be able to change the score of a diagnosis. Sometimes the scammers do not even come. They send the file by PDF or by mail. In addition to the scammers, the diagnostician works hastily. The score obtained is then like Russian roulette.
