Assessment service
EPC Pre-Assessment
Find out what your property would score before anything goes on the public register. A full survey, deliberately not lodged — so there is no certificate, and nothing to undo.
An EPC that never gets published
Once an EPC is lodged it is public, and it stays on the register for ten years. That is exactly what you want when the property is ready. It is the wrong order if you are about to improve it.
A pre-assessment is the same survey by the same accredited assessor, with one difference: we do not lodge it. You get the score, the reasons for it, and a plan — and no public record.
What you get
- A full survey of the property by an Elmhurst-accredited assessor — the same visit and the same measuring as a real EPC
- The rating and score the property would receive today
- A full breakdown of what is helping and what is holding the score back
- A written Improvement Plan: which measures are worth doing on your building, what they cost, and the order to do them in
- Nothing lodged, nothing published — no entry appears on the GOV.UK register
Deciding to lodge it afterwards
If you decide you want a real certificate after all, we can usually lodge the same survey for £35 without coming back — provided nothing about the property has changed since the visit, and the survey is still current. Ask us and we will confirm what is possible for your timing.
If work has been done — an extension, new windows, new heating, new insulation — that is the whole point of having waited, but it needs a fresh visit with new photographs and measurements, priced as a new EPC.
Important: a pre-assessment is not an Energy Performance Certificate and is not a substitute for one where an EPC is legally required — including marketing a property for sale or rent, and meeting MEES as a landlord. If you need a valid EPC now, book a domestic EPC instead. A pre-assessment also cannot produce a better rating than the property earns — the score comes from government-approved software, and the only way to move it is to change the building.
Pre-Assessment
From £65
Priced on the same floor-area bands as an EPC — it is the same visit and the same measuring. The Energy Report and written plan are included, not an extra.
- Lodged on the register
- No
- Improvement Plan
- Included
- Lodge it later
- £35
Your Assessor
Verified- Name
- Abdul Motaleb Taher
- Accreditation
- Domestic Energy Assessor
- Accreditation number
- EES/036265
- Elmhurst Energy Systems Ltd
Based in Stratford E15
Worth it when the timing is wrong
Planning works first
You intend to insulate, reglaze or change the heating before you sell or let. Find out where you stand now, do the work, and lodge a certificate that reflects the finished property.
Landlords checking MEES
You suspect the property is below band E and want to know before anything is on the public record. A pre-assessment tells you the gap and what closes it.
Buyers weighing a purchase
Considering a property with no valid EPC, or an old one. Understand the real running costs and the cost of improvement before you commit.
Not sure which you need? Tell us the situation — if you need a lodged certificate, we will say so rather than sell you this.
Know the score before it is public
A full survey with nothing lodged, from £65. We'll confirm your slot and exact price before booking.