DPE visit checklist
The list of documents to gather before the assessor’s visit — for a DPE that describes your home as it is, not as the method assumes by default.
Why prepare for your visit?
Since 2021, the DPE is calculated from the dwelling’s technical characteristics, and every unjustified piece of data falls back on a "by definition penalising" default value: an insulated wall is counted as bare, a window as single glazing. Gathering your supporting documents avoids this underestimation.
Read the full guide: preparing for your DPE inspectionThe generic document checklist
Gather these documents and hand them to the assessor ahead of the visit. Each one replaces a penalising assumption with the reality of your home.
Envelope and insulation
- Insulation invoices and certificates (walls ETICS/ITI, loft, floors) with the R-value
- The contractor’s RGE certification
- Window and joinery invoices (glazing type, date)
- Proof of a façade renovation with external insulation
- Site photos, wall-probing report
Systems: heating, hot water, ventilation
- Boiler invoices and manuals (make, model, year)
- Heat-pump technical sheet (COP/ETAS) + maintenance certificate
- Hot-water tank invoices (thermodynamic, solar?)
- Mechanical-ventilation documents (single-flow, humidity-controlled, double-flow)
- Energy bills for the last 3 years (consistency)
Building and administrative
- Building permit or proof of construction year
- RT2012 / RE2020 certificate and thermal study (recent dwelling)
- Living-area certificate (loi Boutin), plans
- Previous DPE or energy audit
- Dwelling information record (CIL), if it exists
In a condominium (ask the managing agent)
- The building’s collective DPE
- Maintenance log and summary sheet of the condominium
- Condominium regulations (collective heating)
- General-meeting minutes mentioning works
- Collective heating operating contract
Coming soon: your personalised checklist
From your address and property type, the tool will generate the exact list of documents relevant to your home and indicate, for each, what it changes in the calculation. For a flat, it will cross-reference the DPE of the other homes in your building to pre-fill the shared characteristics (collective heating, façade insulation, construction year) from the most recent and majority certificates.
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