Landlords, portfolio managers and estates
Our reports bring together property condition, energy modelling, improvement costs and funding, so you get clear options and realistic priorities for each home and for the stock as a whole. Where the budget will not stretch to everything at once, we set out a phased plan that balances immediate repairs with longer-term improvement.
What a portfolio job looks like
Desk review of the whole stock
We start with the public EPC register and whatever records you hold: ratings, dates, heating, floor areas, what has already been done. That tells us where the gaps and the risks are before anyone drives anywhere.
Site surveys in batches
Properties grouped by area and type, surveyed with the occupier present. Measurements, photographs and the condition notes that the funding and the audit will later ask for.
A report for each property
Condition, the energy model as it stands and as it would be after the works, the measures that suit the building, their cost and the funding that applies to each.
A portfolio summary with priorities and funding routes
Which homes to do first, which measures pay back, which can wait, and where the money comes from. In an order you can put in a budget.
Support through delivery
Coordination and design with the chartered Retrofit Coordinator we work with, evidence gathered through the works, and one point of contact throughout. We take responsibility for seeing work through while keeping you and the delivery partners informed.
Why it matters now
Rented homes face tightening energy standards. The government has confirmed that privately rented homes in England and Wales will need to reach the equivalent of EPC C, with a 2030 compliance date and a cost cap on what a landlord has to spend. That turns a portfolio of D, E and F ratings into a programme of works with a deadline.
Funding exists for some measures and not others, and it changes. ECO4 closes on 31 December 2026. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives a grant towards a heat pump, with a higher grant for homes off the gas grid on oil or LPG. In England, Warm Homes: Local Grant funds improvements for low-income households in privately rented homes through the local authority. In Wales, the Warm Homes Nest scheme covers low-income tenants in private rented homes. Each has its own eligibility rules. We check them property by property before anyone commits.
A wrong measure on an old building costs more than it saves. External wall insulation on a wall that needs to breathe, a heat pump on radiators that were never sized for it, cavity fill in a cavity that was never clear. We model the measures together, because they affect one another, and we say when a standard measure is the wrong one.
Older and traditional buildings
Much of the rural stock in Wales and Cornwall is pre-1919, solid-walled, stone or cob, often rendered, often damp for reasons that have nothing to do with insulation. The standard measure can do harm. A building that was designed to let moisture out needs an assessment that understands that, not a tick-box survey that treats every wall the same.
Matt holds the ABBE Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency for Older and Traditional Buildings. On a traditional property we look at how the fabric is handling moisture before we model any insulation, and the report says plainly which measures are safe for that building and which are not.
Damp, mould and ventilation
We investigate the causes of damp and mould in occupied homes and assess the ventilation, with a working knowledge of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS). The report sets out what is causing the problem, what will fix it and what will not. We do not carry out remediation works.
What the register says about your properties
Enter a postcode and see what the public EPC register holds for each address there: the rating, when it was lodged and the heating. Tick the homes that are yours, add the next postcode, and the summary tells you where your homes stand against the 2030 standard and the heat pump grant. Then ask us to review them.
Tick the homes you own or manage. The register lists every home at a postcode, not just yours.
| Yours | Address | Rating | Lodged | Heating | Certificate |
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EPCs can be out of date or wrong. A certificate lasts ten years, and the register only shows what the last assessor recorded. Treat this as a starting point, not a verdict. Scheme figures checked 20 October 2026.
Take the register with you
Keep what you have ticked. It arrives by email as a PDF within minutes.
The summary table and what the register implies for your homes: the 2030 standard, expired certificates, the heat pump grant.
A page for each home: walls, roof, floor, windows, heating and hot water as the register records them, the measures it lists with its indicative costs and the rating each would reach, and what we would look at on a visit. £3 a home for the first 10, £2 from 11 to 50, £1 above that.
Talk to us
Tell us what you own or manage and what you need. Every enquiry gets a reply from Matt.