EPC, retrofit assessment and coordination in Birmingham, for landlords, agents and housing providers

EPC assessors and retrofit professionals covering Birmingham

We travel into Birmingham from Coventry, so our work in the city leans towards landlords, letting agents and organisations with more than one property to assess. Booking several together keeps the cost down and means one team, one standard and one set of records across your portfolio.

Single properties are welcome too. Tell us the postcode and we will tell you when we can be there.

Birmingham's housing, and what to expect

• Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Selly Oak, Sparkhill, Small Heath, Handsworth and Erdington. Solid walls and, in the student areas, a great many shared houses.
• Interwar suburbs such as Hall Green, Acocks Green and Kings Heath, with their bay-fronted semis and terraces. Some have cavity walls and some do not, so the wall has to be checked, never assumed.
• Post-war and system-built housing, including tower blocks and maisonettes on the outer estates.
• City centre apartments in the Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth and around Broad Street. Mostly electrically heated, where the type of heating and hot water system makes a large difference to the rating.
• Period and protected homes in Edgbaston, Moseley, Harborne and Bournville.

Licensing in Birmingham

If you let property in Birmingham, the EPC is only one of the documents you need in order.

• Selective licensing has applied to privately rented homes in 25 of Birmingham's 69 wards since 5 June 2023. The council charges £700 for a licence, which lasts up to five years.
• HMOs need a licence of their own, under either the national mandatory scheme or the city's additional licensing scheme.
• Letting without a licence can bring a civil penalty of up to £40,000, prosecution with an unlimited fine, and a rent repayment order, according to the council.

The council's website has a checker for both schemes. Licensing is separate from the EPC rules, but the two travel together: a property you are licensing must be band E or better today, and the equivalent of band C by 1 October 2030. Our landlord guide sets out what that involves.

Retrofit, grants and renewables in Birmingham

• Funded schemes. Birmingham is one of the seven councils in the West Midlands Combined Authority's retrofit pilot. The city council's Warm Homes: Local Grant programme, delivered by Next Energy, has been limited to residents in Balsall Heath, Bromford, Castle Vale, Sparkbrook, and Tyseley and Hay Mills.
• Landlords. The combined authority's offer to landlords covers 70% of the cost of works on up to four rented properties rated D or below in specified areas, with the landlord paying the rest.
• Assessment and coordination for programmes. Work under the Warm Homes schemes has to follow PAS 2035. Retrofit assessment, coordination and TrustMark lodgement are the services we provide to installers and housing providers working across the city.
• Boiler Upgrade Scheme. £7,500 towards a heat pump, claimed through an MCS certified installer.

Our guides to grants and schemes, heat pumps and solar panels go into the detail. Local schemes open and close as funding is allocated, so check the council's own page before relying on any of this.

Sources: Birmingham City Council selective licensing pages (updated June 2026) and Warm Homes: Local Grant page; West Midlands Combined Authority; GOV.UK guidance on Energy Performance Certificates and the minimum energy efficiency standard. Reviewed October 2026. General guidance, not legal advice.