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Energy & Retrofit

Property Energy Consultancy

Property energy consultancy helps you explore energy performance questions and improvement options. Define the problem you want to solve and share the information already available.

KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BOOKING

What is Property Energy Consultancy?

Property energy consultancy provides a focused review of a building’s energy questions and possible improvements. It can help explain why a property may be costly to run, assess the information available and identify practical next investigations. The scope starts with your objective, so the advice can distinguish building performance, actual consumption and occupant priorities.

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Inside this service

The agreed work may examine certificates, utility information, building fabric, heating controls and proposed measures. Actual consumption and EPC modelling answer different questions, so assumptions should be kept clear. Some questions require a site visit or specialist survey; others can begin with a document review. The quotation will define the deliverables and any exclusions.

Question: Define your energy objective; Evidence: Records and building information; Options: Compare practical approaches; Decision: Agreed next steps
An illustrated guide to the key parts of this service.

When this service may help

Homeowners, landlords, managing agents and owners of business premises may need independent help before investing in upgrades. Consultancy can be useful where several recommendations conflict, a property has unusual construction or a planned project needs an energy perspective. Explain whether your priority is comfort, running costs, carbon, a rating or a combination.

Getting ready for the assessor

Share the property address, existing EPC, relevant drawings and a summary of the issue. Consumption records can help where the review concerns actual use; redact unrelated personal information. Tell us about occupancy, heating patterns, planned works and known defects. Photographs and equipment information can help establish whether further investigation is needed.

Using your completed report

The outcome is an agreed explanation of findings, options and recommended next steps. Where estimated savings are discussed, the underlying assumptions and limits matter. Contractor quotations and detailed technical design may still be required. We can help you organise the decision process without treating a broad recommendation as a final specification for installation.

Quotation after scope review

Arrange your Property Energy Consultancy

Share the address and the work you need so we can help you take the next step.

BEFORE YOU BOOK

Questions before you arrange a visit

Do I need a new EPC first?

Not always. An existing certificate and project information may be enough to scope the review. We will identify any further assessment needed.

Will you use my energy bills?

They can be relevant to actual consumption analysis. They are considered alongside occupancy and building information, rather than as a direct substitute for assessment.

Can you review proposed contractor work?

Describe the proposals and the questions you want answered. We can agree an energy review scope and identify matters needing specialist design advice.

How is this priced?

Consultancy is quoted according to the question, property complexity, information available and the agreed output. Send a concise project brief to start.

Included in your agreed instruction

  • Advice addressing the energy questions and property scope agreed in the quotation.
  • The consultation or written outputs specified for that instruction.

Separate work & possible extras

Installation work, engineering design and certification are separate unless included in the agreed scope.

Before the visit

Describe the property, existing systems, available reports and the decision you need help making.

Report timing & deadlines

Report timing is confirmed for the agreed instruction. Missing evidence, access limitations or further investigation can affect completion. If you have a deadline, contact us before paying so we can confirm whether it can be met.

Preferred appointment dates are requests until confirmed. Extra work or a change to scope needs agreement before it is carried out.