Renovation works too slow in condominiums, denounces the Fnaim

The energy renovation works of the condominiums are taking too long to implement and make the timetable for the banning of thermal colanders “untenable”, denounced the National Federation of Real Estate (Fnaim) on Wednesday.

The temporality of public policy is not that of the reality of our professions and of co-ownership trustees in France. We will have to understand that!, affirmed Loc Cantin, the new president of the main employers’ organization in the sector.

There are numerous and tedious steps to carry out co-ownership works successfully, to which are added significant delays between the vote on the works and their launch. In France, a simple intervention of thermal insulation from the outside, to achieve this, the average time is 18 monthssaid Loc Cantin, based on feedback from Fnaim members.

An untenable schedule

In particular, the lack of qualified professionals in the building. As you all know, the market for construction service providers is a crowded market. What Frenchman hasn’t experienced any difficulties in finding a roofer, a mason, a plumber, an electrician? asks Loc Cantin.

In these conditions, the timetable for phasing out energy-intensive housing is untenable, he hammered, echoing a recurring complaint from Fnaim. Since January 1, housing consuming more than 450 kilowatt hours per square meter per year can no longer be rented, in order to encourage their owners to renovate them. This will be followed in 2025 by all housing labeled G for their energy performance, then F in 2028 and E in 2034.

But this calendar is not consistent with that dictated by the government for the renovation of condominiums, assured Loc Cantin. In buildings more than 15 years old, the trustees of co-ownerships with more than 200 lots have had the obligation, since January 1, to draw up a draft multi-year work plan. An obligation that will gradually be extended to the smallest condominiums by 2025.

Too short to enter into the nails of the ban on renting thermal colanders, denounces the Fnaim, which has long demanded the suspension of this ban as soon as a multi-year work plan is initiated.