No energy assessor listed in Dechmont yet.

An energy assessor surveys your property and produces an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) - the rating from A to G that is legally required when selling, letting or building a home.

Scotland has some of the UK's tightest energy efficiency regulations for rental properties, making a current EPC essential for landlords. An assessor can also advise on the improvements that would raise your rating most cost-effectively.

Check they are accredited with an approved scheme such as Elmhurst Energy or Stroma and hold a valid Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Energy Assessment - only accredited assessors can lodge certificates on the official register.

Dechmont is a small village between Broxburn and Livingston, set in the agricultural land of central West Lothian with Dechmont Law - a wooded hill - rising above it.

The village is known to many as the site of Scotland's most famous UFO incident: in November 1979, forestry worker Robert Taylor reported a close encounter in woodland on Dechmont Law in what became the only UFO case investigated as a criminal assault in Scottish legal history.

The hill itself offers good walking and views across the Forth valley and the village is otherwise quiet and residential.

Broxburn and Livingston are both easily reached for everyday needs.

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West Lothian is a council area in the heart of the central belt, sitting between Edinburgh to the east, Falkirk to the north and North Lanarkshire to the west.

It is a county of contrasts: historic royal burghs like Linlithgow and ancient villages like Torphichen sit alongside the new town of Livingston and the former mining and shale oil communities that shaped the landscape in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Livingston is the county's main centre - Scotland's fifth-largest settlement - but West Lothian's character is defined as much by its smaller towns: Bathgate, Broxburn, Whitburn and Linlithgow each have their own distinct identity.

The oil shale industry, pioneered here in the 1850s by James Young, left a lasting mark on the landscape in the form of distinctive pink bings - the waste heaps of the shale works - that have become recognised landmarks in their own right.

West Lothian has excellent transport connections, with the M8 and M9 crossing the county, two rail lines linking it to Edinburgh and Glasgow and Edinburgh Airport on its eastern edge.