Can Britons be enticed to fix their draughty homes?
It is easier said than done
BRITAIN’S STREETS of Georgian row houses and Victorian terraces may be easy on the eye but they are not easy on the wallet. The country has some of the oldest, worst-built and draughtiest housing stock in Europe. One-in-four pounds spent on heating homes is lost through poor insulation. After energy prices quadrupled three years ago as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine there was a renewed imperative to fix them up. What has happened since?
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