Will your Exeter rental pass EPC C by 2030?

5,114 of 10,702 privately rented homes in Exeter are below EPC C, 48% of the local rental market. They must be upgraded by 1 October 2030.

How Exeter compares

Below average

Exeter is in better shape than most of England and Wales.

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48% of rented homes here are below EPC C, against 53% across England and Wales. That ranks Exeter 262 of 318 councils by the share needing work.

Every band in Exeter

A 13

B 483

C 5,092

C is the line. Everything below it must be upgraded

D 4,070

E 981

F 48

G 15

Of 10,702 privately rented homes with a current certificate.

How many can actually reach C?

4,746 of the 5,114 sub-C rentals in Exeter, 93% of them, already have a potential rating of C or better on their current certificate. That is the assessor's own estimate of what the property would reach if the recommended measures were installed.

Landlords are required to spend up to £10,000 per property. Above that, an exemption may apply.

The transitional rule

An EPC rated C or higher on the existing Energy Efficiency Rating, issued before 1 October 2029, counts as compliant until that certificate expires.

Source: Transitional rule. Verified 21 September 2026.

Local housing stock

All tenures in Exeter, from properties with a current certificate.
Privately rented	10,702
Socially rented	5,865
Owner occupied	17,706
Median floor area	77 m²

Postcode districts in Exeter

Districts that sit mostly or wholly inside Exeter.

District	Post town	Rented	Below C	Share
EX4	Exeter	5,363	2,662	50%
EX2	Exeter	3,244	1,396	43%
EX1	Exeter	1,924	938	49%
EX3	Exeter	385	262	68%