EPC, retrofit assessment and coordination in Rugby, across CV21 to CV23

EPC assessors and retrofit professionals covering Rugby

Rugby sits on the eastern edge of Warwickshire and it has grown quickly. The 2021 Census counted about 114,400 people in the borough, some 14% more than ten years earlier. That growth shows in the housing: new estates beside Victorian streets, and a market in which sellers, landlords and agents all need certificates turned round reliably.

We survey in person, lodge the certificate on the government register and send you the digital copy. Retrofit assessments and coordination follow PAS 2035, and a floor plan can be drawn from the same visit.

Rugby's housing, from railway terraces to Houlton

Rugby was a small market town until the railway arrived, and it grew again when engineering works followed. Its housing tells that story.

• Victorian and Edwardian terraces around the town centre, New Bilton and the streets near the station. Solid brick walls, often with a later rear extension that has to be assessed as a separate part of the house.
• Interwar and post-war semis in Bilton, Hillmorton and Overslade. Usually cavity-walled, where the question is whether the fill can be proven.
• Later estates at Brownsover, Cawston and Coton Park, which generally rate well for their age.
• Houlton, east of the town, which has permission for 6,200 homes. A new home comes with a certificate from its builder that lasts 10 years, so check the register before ordering another.
• Village homes across CV23. Many are off the gas grid and heat with oil, LPG or electricity, and the fuel has a large bearing on the rating.

Landlords and shared houses in Rugby

Private renting has grown in Rugby: 18% of households rented privately at the 2021 Census, up from about 14% in 2011. Landlords deal with two authorities.

• Rugby Borough Council licenses larger HMOs. A property let to five or more tenants in two or more households needs a licence, which lasts up to five years. A new licence costs from £1,362 for an HMO of up to six occupants, according to the council.
• An Article 4 Direction covers five wards. Since 23 February 2025, turning a house into a small HMO has needed planning permission in Benn, Coton and Boughton, Eastlands, New Bilton, and Newbold and Brownsover.
• Enforcement is split. The borough council enforces the minimum energy efficiency standard for rented homes. Warwickshire County Council's Trading Standards service enforces the duty to have an EPC when a property is marketed.

Privately rented homes in Rugby are due to reach the equivalent of band C by 1 October 2030. Our landlord guide explains the rules and the £10,000 cap.

Retrofit, grants and renewables in Rugby

• Warm Homes: Local Grant. Rugby Borough Council says it no longer offers grants under this scheme, so private owners and tenants here should look to the national schemes.
• Council homes. The council is running a £21 million programme with E.ON, part-funded by the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund, for council homes rated D or below. Measures range from solar panels to air source heat pumps.
• Boiler Upgrade Scheme. £7,500 towards a heat pump, claimed through an MCS certified installer. Until March 2027 there is an extra £1,500 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas connection, which describes many properties in the CV23 villages.

We carry out retrofit assessments and coordination in Rugby, whether the work is funded or private, and an EPC before and after shows what it achieved.

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: Rugby Borough Council pages on HMO licensing, the HMO Article 4 Direction, Houlton, the Warm Homes: Local Grant and its Warm Homes programme for council tenants; Office for National Statistics, Census 2021; GOV.UK. Reviewed October 2026. General guidance, not legal advice.