DPE: new obligations for owners in 2025!

Whether collective or individual, the DPE (Energy Performance Diagnosis) will be at the center of the concerns of many owners wishing to sell or rent their property in 2025. Find out what awaits you.

Individual DPE: are you sure yours is still valid?

Are you planning to rent or sell your property in 2025? Be careful to check the date on which the accompanying DPE (Energy Performance Diagnosis) was carried out.

Indeed, from January 1, 2025, DPEs made between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2021 are no longer valid.

If the validity period of a DPE is in theory 10 years, this decision was taken following a fundamental change in the calculation method since July 1, 2021.

Before this date, the assessor based himself on the home's energy bills from the previous 3 years to establish his rating, ranging from A for the most virtuous properties to G for the most energy-intensive properties, commonly referred to as “thermal strainers”. “.

Since July 2021, the so-called “3CL” method, for “Calculation of Conventional Housing Consumption” has been used. It is considered more reliable because it focuses on the quality of insulation of the home and integrates more parameters for a more detailed and precise diagnosis.

In order to standardize DPEs, at a time when they are more than ever essential documents during a real estate sale or rental, the public authorities have therefore decided to reduce the validity period. DPE carried out before this reform.

Concretely, if your DPE was carried out between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2021 and you wish to sell your property or rent it in 2025, you will have no other choice than to go through the diagnostic box again.

Good to know: Originally, the DPE was designed as an informative document. Since July 1, 2021 and in accordance with the ELAN law, DPEs carried out after this date have become enforceable (except for the work recommendation part which retains its indicative value), i.e. the accuracy of the information contained in the DPE engages the responsibility of the seller or lessor as well as that of the diagnostician. In the event of a prejudicial error for the buyer or tenant, they may take legal measures, such as requesting compensation.

Beware of unpleasant surprises because your rating may no longer be the same, due to the new parameters now taken into account which aim in particular to better evaluate energy losses!

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Collective DPE: towards an obligation for all co-ownerships, whatever their size

Where the individual DPE focuses on a single dwelling, the collective DPE offers a global assessment including the dwellings but also the common areas in order to have an overall view of the energy performance of the co-ownership and guide the co-owners in the choice of possible renovation work.

Created in 2010, the use of collective DPE has been gradually expanded over the years.

Thus, since January 1, 2024, the collective DPE has been compulsory for co-ownerships of more than 200 lots, and the movement continues with two deadlines in the near future:

• January 1, 2025: the collective DPE becomes compulsory for co-ownerships of 50 to 200 lots, whether for residential, commercial or professional use.

• January 1, 2026: the DPE will also become mandatory for co-ownerships of less than 50 lots.

Tourist rentals also caught up by the DPE

Until 2024, tourist rentals escaped the DPE obligation and the application of a ban on the rental of energy strainers.

A hole in the racket denounced by many real estate professionals, who feared seeing poorly rated properties flee to seasonal rental to avoid their owners having to do the necessary renovation work.

Their fears have been heard since from 2025, it becomes obligatory to provide a DPE rated E or higher for new furnished tourist accommodation for which the owner will request a change of use (in mainland France only).

And from 2034, all furnished tourist accommodation must achieve at least label D, like the rest of rented accommodation in France.

Clearly, the year 2025 promises to be busy for diagnosticians!