Single Family Homes Exemptions

Homes meeting any one of the following conditions do not need an audit. The home:
- Is less than 10 years old at the time of sale
- Has received at least three energy-efficiency improvements or a total of $500 in rebates through Austin Energy residential energy-efficiency offerings within 10 years before the sale
- Has received free energy-efficiency improvements through Austin Energy residential energy-efficiency offerings within 10 years before the sale
- Is a condominium
- Is manufactured housing (a mobile home) built on a permanent chassis and designed for use without a permanent foundation.
- Changes ownership and the transfer of the title occurs under one of the following:

• Foreclosure sale, trustee's sale, or deed in lieu of foreclosure
• Pre-foreclosure sale, in which the seller reached an agreement with the mortgage holder to sell the property for an amount less than the amount owed on the mortgage
• Threat or exercise of eminent domain
• Gift from one family member to another family member without consideration
• Court order or probate proceedings
• Decree of legal separation or dissolution of marriage or property settlement agreement incidental to such a decree

Information about Austin Energy and the ECAD Ordinance is from the Austin Energy website http://www.austinenergy.com