HIL: Sector outlook for 2025

In its January 2025 issue, Housing Industry Leaders (HIL) magazine asked if 2025 would be the year of sustainable progress in the housebuilding sector.  Amongst other contributors from across the industry, BGS MD Jonathan Hopkins commented: “A prediction we can safely make for 2025 is the gas boiler ban won’t be in play.

“It’s now suggested to be set for 2027 as part of updates to the Future Homes Standard – though with no clear guidance in place, the advice we’d give to housebuilders for the year ahead is to talk to their utility infrastructure provider about how they can future-proof their development.

“Low voltage (LV) networks can be designed with additional capacity to switch to heat pumps if required for example; an option currently being considered as one of the most viable alternative solutions.”

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