EPC Pre-Assessment

No. Because it is not lodged, it is guidance only. It is not an Energy Performance Certificate, it is not a retrofit assessment, and it isn’t covered by our professional insurance. It is not a substitute for an EPC where one is legally required, including marketing a property for sale or rent, and meeting MEES as a landlord.

From £90, on the same floor-area bands as the EPC. It is the same visit, the same measuring and the same evidence gathering; only the lodgement is skipped, and your personalised written improvement plan is included in the price. A separate energy report is available at no extra charge if you ask for it. If you later decide you want the certificate after all, we can usually lodge the same survey for £35 with no second visit, provided nothing at the property has changed and the survey remains valid for lodgement under applicable rules. It is not a substitute for an EPC where one is legally required.

Within 3 months of the visit we can lodge it as it is. From 3 to 18 months we need a letter from you confirming nothing about the property has changed. After 18 months, or once work has been done, it needs a fresh visit, priced as a new EPC. Lodging it later costs £35. Ask us to confirm before relying on it.

No. A pre-assessment cannot produce a better rating than the property earns. The score comes from approved software and the evidence recorded; changes to evidence or methodology can also affect a later rating without physical works.

Yes, that is an EPC Pre-Assessment. We carry out the full survey exactly as we would for a real EPC, but we do not lodge it, so no certificate is published and nothing appears on the GOV.UK register. You get the score, a breakdown of what is holding it back, and a written improvement plan. It is priced on the same floor-area bands as an EPC, from £90.