About Us
Energy Assessment throughout Northamptonshire
Northants EPC are accredited energy performance assessors, providing EPCs, Energy Performance Consultations and Legionella Risk Assessments for residential and commercial property.
Part of our service is to support and advise homeowners about the energy performance of their home, which can make a significant difference to the value of their property, as well as making significant savings to their energy consumption.
Northants EPC is a local energy assessment company that carry out domestic & residential Energy Performance Certificate or EPC inspections, property inventory and Legionella Risk Assessments in Northamptonshire and the surrounding counties.
Our company is built upon the fundamental values of trust, honesty, transparency, professionalism and reliability and this is demonstrated throughout our work. We strive to ensure our services are conducted professionally and in the quickest and most efficient manner whilst keeping our clients regularly updated throughout the entire process. These are qualities that distinguish us from the rest as our clients have praised time and time again.Â
All EPCs are carried out by qualified, Domestic Energy Assessors (DEA) who hold Public Liability Insurance (PLI) and are DBS checked. We use market leading software to generate professional property inventory reports.Â
Northants EPC is a company accredited by the largest accreditation body, Elmhurst Energy, with regular quality assurance, audits and regular CPD you can rest assured all our work is carried out to the highest standard. We aim to maintain our very high standards to ensure that our clients have the peace of mind in the services that we offer.Â
Our Team
Colin Chapman
Colin is experienced in all fields of the property industry, including assisting Landlords to prepare their properties to comply with the minimum EPC rating from 2025.
Tania Sharp
EPC Assessor
Tania is an experienced property consultant and qualified EPC assessor. Her knowledge of her field is of great value to clients seeking advice on improving their EPC rating.
Elaine Palmer
Elaine has many years of experience in the surveying industry, she is takes care of ensuring that the details of your report are recorded accurately and is available for advice on all mattters or energy performance.
EPCs made simple
What is an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)?
When you purchase a new appliance it always has a coloured sticker on it telling you how energy efficient the appliance is. This is the case for buildings. Each has an EPC rating from A, the most efficient, to G, the least efficient. The rating lets you know how costly it is to both warm up and cool down your home.
An EPC shows information on a property’s energy use and typical energy costs plus makes recommendations on how to reduce energy usage and increase efficiency. If you’re a landlord or selling a property, you must get this certificate ordered before you put the property on the market. If it’s still valid, you may be able to use the EPC given to you when you bought the property.
You can view EPCs for any property that has one at the national EPC register.
When do you need an EPC?
Since 2008 it has been a legal requirement to have an EPC whether you are selling a property or letting out. If you own a commercial property that you want to sell or lease, you’ll also need to get an EPC organised.
There are some exemptions to the requirement of an EPC. They include:
- A rented room within a house (a self-contained flat within a larger house that has its own front door and facilities will need one)
- Some types of listed buildings
- A property that cannot be modified to make it more energy efficient
What information is displayed on an EPC?
An EPC will look like the multi-coloured sticker that you see on new household appliances. It will include:
- An energy efficiency rating
- The estimated costs of running your home
- A summary of energy performance related features
The energy efficiency rating on an EPC will be dedicated to how energy efficient your property is. As we mentioned before this is graded from A to G.
An older property with no retrofitted energy-saving technology will typically be around a D grade. Landlords are required to achieve a minimum of an E grade and can face a penalty of up to £4,000 for failure to meet this minimum efficiency requirement.
The summary of energy performance related features will help you to see how energy efficient different aspects of your home are. Use it as a guide to work out which areas to focus on first when improving your home’s energy efficiency.
Buildings that do not need an EPC
These include:
- places of worship
- temporary buildings that will be used for less than 2 years
- stand-alone buildings with total useful floor space of less than 50 square metres
- industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings that do not use a lot of energy
- some buildings that are due to be demolished
- holiday accommodation that’s rented out for less than 4 months a year or is let under a licence to occupy
- listed buildings – you should get advice from your local authority conservation officer if the work would alter the building’s character
- residential buildings intended to be used less than 4 months a year
Who can carry out an EPC?
An accredited domestic energy assessor can issue you with an EPC. All our assessors are registered with a professional body and they are qualified to accurately survey your property and issue a valid EPC
