The free home energy assessment
An hour at your home, a written report a week later, and a clearer view of which energy upgrades would actually pay back. Free, no sales pitch — useful at any stage of a renovation, or none at all.
We give every customer a free read of how their home performs energy-wise — what's quietly costing you money, what's worth fixing, and what the trade-offs look like in your specific case. An hour on site, a written report a week later, and a much clearer picture than the EPC on its own.
Why we offer it
Most renovations include moments where an energy upgrade is much cheaper to do than at any other point in the home's life. Walls are open. Floors are up. Insulation, glazing, and the way services run can all be improved while the builder is already there. Miss those moments and the work has to wait for the next renovation — usually a decade or more.
The assessment exists to find those moments before they're gone. It's separate from the design service; you don't need to be working with us already to get it, and you don't have to do anything with the recommendations.
What it covers
Your energy assessor looks at the whole house, not just the rooms you're renovating:
- Insulation — walls, roof, floor, the gaps around openings. What's there, what's missing, what would make a real difference.
- Heating — boiler or heat source efficiency, controls, hot water, the way heat moves through the home.
- Glazing — what your windows and doors are actually doing, how much heat they're letting out, where condensation hints at a deeper problem.
- Air-tightness and ventilation — drafts and leakage, balanced against the ventilation the house needs to stay healthy.
- Renewables potential — solar, heat pumps, batteries. Whether they'd pay back on your roof, your usage pattern, your home; whether the structure can take them at all.
You get a written report with recommendations sized by cost and impact, so you can see which moves are worth making, which are nice-to-haves, and which would only pay back over a very long horizon.
When it's useful
- Before a renovation. When you're scoping the project, the assessment can flag upgrades that are cheap to fold in while builders are on site and expensive to do later. Insulation behind walls that are coming down, for example, or a heat-pump rough-in done while the floor's up.
- During a renovation. A few recommendations only become possible mid-build. Internal wall insulation goes under fresh plasterboard; mechanical ventilation gets routed through ceilings that are already open.
- Not renovating at all. Even if there's no project on the horizon, the assessment is a useful read. It tells you what's worth doing as a standalone job, in what order, and where your money would actually go further.
How to request one
Tell your planner. They'll arrange for one of our assessors to visit. The visit is about an hour. The report lands within a week. There's no obligation to follow any of the recommendations.
What we won't do
We won't push you into specific upgrades. The report is a read of your home, not a sales pitch — and the assessment is paid for by us, not by any installer or supplier. You can act on the recommendations with us, with another firm, or not at all.
What this means for you
It's the kind of thing that's free for a reason: it's useful, and it makes the renovation conversation better. Get one. Decide what to do with it later.
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