Is the 2030 EPC Band C requirement definitely happening?

Yes. It was confirmed in January 2026 alongside the government's Warm Homes Plan: EPC Band C equivalent for all private rented homes in England and Wales by 1 October 2030, with a £10,000 cost cap and fines of up to £30,000 per property. A property rated C under the current EPC system before October 2029 stays compliant until that certificate expires, which strongly rewards acting early.

Can't I just get a new EPC instead of a retrofit assessment?

An EPC is a rating, not a plan. It tells you your score, not the most cost-effective route to a better one, and its standard recommendations often aren't right for your specific building. A retrofit assessment gives you the plan.

Do you do the installation work too?

No, and that independence is the point. We assess, specify, and plan; installers install. You get advice with no incentive to sell you measures you don't need.

My properties are outside Hampshire and Sussex. Can you still help?

Often yes. Parts of the service can be delivered remotely from documents, EPC data, and photographs, with site visits arranged where the assessment requires them.

Second Opinion · £195

A second opinion on what you’ve been quoted.

You’ve had a quote for retrofit work. Insulation, new windows, a heat pump, or a package of measures off the back of an EPC. It’s a lot of money and there’s no easy way to tell whether it’s the right money. Send it to us. We’ll tell you what’s worth doing, what isn’t, and what order to do it in.

Send us your quote Retrofit services

Fee£195 fixed

TurnaroundFive working days

CoversOne property, one quote

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What you get back

Two pages, in plain English.

01
What the quote gets right. Often quite a lot, and it’s worth saying first.
02
What we’d drop, and why. Named measures, with the reason in a sentence.
03
What’s missing that will cost you later. Usually ventilation and moisture.
04
The order we’d do it in, and what can safely wait.

And a straight answer to the question you’re actually asking: is this a fair price for the right work?

Why we can tell you to spend less

We assess, specify and plan. Installers install.

Most people looking at your quote have something to gain from the answer. The installer wants the job. The assessor may be tied to an installer. A grant scheme has measures it is funded to deliver.

We’ve no stake in what you buy, so the only thing we’re protecting is your budget.

Sometimes the answer is that the quote’s sound and we’d change nothing. You still pay the £195. That’s the deal, and it’s the reason the answer is worth having.

Who it’s for

Three people this is built for.

Landlords

Facing Band C by 2030

A £10,000 cap per property, a deadline of 1 October 2030, and no wish to spend it twice.

Homeowners

Quoted off the back of an EPC

A package of measures recommended by a certificate that was never a plan in the first place.

Anyone

Told they need external wall insulation

The single most expensive measure on most quotes, and the one most often specified when it needn’t be.

If you go on to a full retrofit assessment with us, the £195 comes off the fee.

Honest limits

When it isn’t worth £195.

We’d rather say this now than take your money.

01
If the quote’s under about £2,000, the review will likely cost you more than it saves you.
02
If you’ve already signed and the work has started.
03
If what you need is a formal dispute, an expert witness or a legal opinion. We’re not that, and we’d point you to someone who is.
04
We’re not accredited energy assessors, so we can’t lodge or change an EPC itself. What we can do is tell you what to do about it.

How to start

Three things, and no form to fill in.

Step 01

Send the quote

However it reached you. A PDF, an email, or a photo of a letter is fine.

Step 02

Tell us the property

The current EPC, or just the address and postcode and we’ll look it up.

Step 03

Say what you’re after

One line. Band C by a date, a warmer house, lower bills, or a sale.

Step 04

We confirm, then you pay

Within a working day we’ll confirm whether it’s something we can usefully review. You only pay once we have.

We take four of these a month. Each one is a proper piece of work and we’d rather do them properly.

Second Opinion

Send us the quote. We’ll tell you honestly what you don’t need.

£195 fixed, five working days, credited against a full assessment if you go on to one.

Send us your quote

Or call 023 9387 7623