A route to the rating, not just a report about it
What your building needs to reach the standard it has to meet, in what order, and at what cost, all worked out before you commit to anything. I work with London landlords and small developers, on older stock that was never built for any of this.
Where your property stands today, and what the rules actually require of it
Heat pumps, insulation, controls and fabric improvements. All specified, not just recommended
A phased plan across a portfolio, rather than one expensive building at a time
Future Homes Standard compliance on new and converted homes
Typical Services
Three stages. Take one, or all three.
Most consultants hand over a report and leave. Most engineers design a system and leave. The gap between the two is where the money gets wasted.
01. Find out where you stand
An assessment of how the building performs now, what the regulations require of it, and what the options are. Improvements get modelled, so you can see what each one buys you before spending anything.
You get: a written plan, costed and in order of priority
02. Specify exactly what gets installed
A specification detailed enough that contractors price the same thing as each other and you can compare quotes honestly. It sets out what has to be signed off along the way, so nothing quietly changes on site.
You get: a specification contractors can price and be held to
03. Check it was actually done
Site visits at the stages that matter, a review of the installed work against the specification, and a record at completion. This is the stage people skip, and the one they regret.
You get: a record of what was installed, and whether it met the specification
The deadline, without the scaremongering
Rented homes in England and Wales need to reach EPC C by 1 October 2030. The earlier 2028 date for new tenancies has been dropped, so there is one date to plan around rather than two. Spending is capped at £10,000 per property, after which an exemption can be registered, and the penalty for getting it wrong reaches £30,000. Around 2.5 million rented homes in England still need work, so contractor availability will get worse the longer people wait.
The way properties are rated is also changing. An EPC issued under the old method is a poor guide to what your building now needs, which is why I assess the building rather than read the certificate.
Four years, a £10,000 ceiling per property, and a rating system that is changing underneath you. The order you do the work in matters more than it used to.
Fabric
Insulating an old building changes how it handles moisture. Get the order wrong and you trap damp inside the wall, which shows up as mould a year later and costs more to put right than the insulation saved. We assess condensation risk before anything is specified, so the fabric work improves the building rather than storing up a problem for the tenant.
Technology
The Future Homes Standard is clear about which technologies go into new homes. It says much less about what to do with a building that already exists. A heat pump in a poorly insulated Victorian flat will cost your tenant more to run than the boiler it replaced, and you will hear about it. I work out what each measure actually buys you — in rating, in running cost, and in comfort — before you spend anything.
Use
The Future Homes Standard is clear about which technologies go into new homes. It says much less about what to do with a building that already exists. A heat pump in a poorly insulated Victorian flat will cost your tenant more to run than the boiler it replaced, and you will hear about it. I work out what each measure actually buys you in rating, in running cost, and in comfort before you spend anything.