EPC, retrofit assessment and coordination in Warwick, from timber frames to new estates

EPC assessors and retrofit professionals covering Warwick

Warwick is the county town, about nine miles south of our Coventry base. It is a small place with a wide range of property, and the right approach to an EPC changes from one street to the next. A certificate for a Georgian townhouse on Jury Street and one for a four-bedroom detached house at Warwick Gates have very little in common.

What they share is the process. We survey in person, record the evidence, lodge the certificate on the government register and send you the digital copy.

Warwick's housing, old and new

• The historic centre. Timber-framed buildings that survived the Great Fire of 1694, and the Georgian streets built after it. Many are listed, and the centre is a conservation area.
• Victorian terraces in Emscote, the Cape and Packmores, built for canal, railway and factory workers. Solid walls and small rear extensions are typical.
• Twentieth-century estates at Woodloes Park and the Percy Estate, where loft insulation and boiler age usually decide the band.
• Modern developments at Chase Meadow, Warwick Gates and Heathcote. Most already hold an EPC from the builder, so check the register before ordering a new one.
• Village and rural homes across CV35. Homes off the gas grid heat with oil, LPG or electricity, and the fuel has a large bearing on the rating.

Listed buildings are not automatically exempt from needing an EPC. The exemption applies only where the work required would unacceptably alter the building's character, and the government has said it plans to remove it. If you are selling a listed home in Warwick, ask us before you assume you do not need a certificate.

Landlords in Warwick

Warwick District Council's additional licensing scheme covers the whole district, Warwick included. Since 18 January 2024 every HMO with three or four occupants has needed a licence, on top of the national mandatory scheme for larger HMOs. Applications ask for professionally drawn floor plans, which we can produce in the same visit as the EPC.

The minimum standard for rented homes is band E today and the equivalent of band C by 1 October 2030. Older terraces in Emscote and the Cape are the properties most likely to need work, and they are also the ones where the order of that work matters most. Our landlord guide covers the rules and the £10,000 cap.

Retrofit, grants and renewables in Warwick

• Homes off the gas grid. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives £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 CV35 villages.
• Listed and conservation area homes. Listed buildings do not have permitted development rights for heat pumps or solar panels, and conservation areas restrict where equipment can go. A retrofit assessment records a building's construction and heritage value before any measure is chosen.
• Warm Homes: Local Grant. Warwick District Council delivers it with Act on Energy. Demand has been high, and the council has closed the scheme to new applications and run a waiting list.

We carry out retrofit assessments and coordination in Warwick and the villages, and an EPC before and after the work 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: Warwick District Council pages on HMO licensing and the Warm Homes: Local Grant; GOV.UK guidance on Energy Performance Certificates and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme; Planning Portal; Elmhurst Energy. Reviewed October 2026. General guidance, not legal advice.