Solar & Heat Pump
We run a precision survey on your exact roof (pitch, orientation, usable area after chimneys and rooflights, hour-by-hour shading from neighbouring trees) and we model the maximum sensible solar array. Then we look at your house from the energy side too: EPC, heat loss, cylinder room, outdoor unit placement, and give you a clear heat pump verdict with the BUS grant maths attached. The full energy story for your address, in one report.
- I want solar but won't be sold to
- My boiler is on its last legs and I want the honest options
- I'm comparing installer quotes for either or both
Most parts land in minutes; full report including all visualisations within 24 hours. One-off payment. Price includes the 25% off for opting in to receive 3 vetted local quotes when your report is ready.
Visualised on your property
Solar survey for your exact roof, plus a heat pump verdict for your house; the full energy story in one report.
A solar salesman has knocked twice in the last fortnight. The neighbour put panels up last month and they swear they pay nothing now; the boiler is making the noise it has been making since February. You're not against renewables, you just don't want a quote written by the company that fits the kit. The Solar & Heat Pump report runs a precision survey of your exact roof, models hour-by-hour shading from your neighbour's tree, gives you a clear heat-pump verdict with the BUS grant maths attached, and hands you the questions to ask any installer before they put a foot through the door.
What you actually get
Six concrete things inside the report.
Not a generic guide. These are the specific deliverables we ship for your address, every single time.
Max sensible solar array on your exact roof
Panel count, layout and total kWp shown on a top-down aerial of your roof, with usable area calculated around chimneys, vents and existing rooflights.
Hour-by-hour shading model
How much sun your roof actually sees through the day, accounting for neighbouring trees, chimneys and adjacent buildings. The thing the salesman skips.
Photo-realistic visualisation
Both the panels on your roof from the street, and the heat pump unit placed on your elevation. Useful when you're worried about kerb appeal.
Heat pump feasibility verdict
Yes / retrofit / fabric-first / no, in one sentence, with the reasoning. Plus the realistic kW band based on your heat loss and a sensible spot for the outdoor unit.
Combined payback and BUS grant maths
Solar generation, self-consumption split, BUS grant qualification (typically £7,500), net cost after grant, and honest year-1 / year-5 running cost projection vs staying on gas.
Quote-comparison checklist for both trades
The questions to ask any solar or heat pump installer, and the lines on their quote that hide the real cost. Take this to the doorstep.
Built from this data
Grounded in the actual evidence of your property.
Every recommendation in the report ties back to one of these data streams. No generic Wikipedia summaries; no postcode averages.
Precision survey of your exact roof
Pitch, azimuth, area and obstructions modelled from high-resolution aerial data. Not a postcode average; the actual surface you would mount panels on.
Shading from real-world neighbours
Trees, chimneys and adjacent rooflines that block your sun, fed into an hour-by-hour shading model for an average year in your location.
EPC, heat loss and grant qualification
EPC band, insulation rating and floor area pulled fresh for your address, then translated into a realistic heat-loss estimate and BUS grant qualification check.
Your listing photos, for placement and kerb appeal
Used to render the solar array on the roof and to find a clean spot for the outdoor heat pump unit on your side return or rear elevation.
What it looks like
A glimpse of the report itself.
The full report lands as a single scrollable page. Visualisations sit alongside the costs, planning verdicts and value uplift, so you can argue with it (or with your partner) in one place.
Visualisation for this property
Aerial view of a UK semi-detached roof fitted with a full array of black solar panels.
The verdict (one sentence)
Solar survey for your exact roof, plus a heat pump verdict for your house; the full energy story in one report.
Cost ladder
Likely value uplift
Adds £5k - £15k typically; primarily a bills and credentials story
Cost & value
What it costs. What it adds.
Honest bands tuned to UK pricing in the last 12 months, plus a value uplift range for homes in your bracket.
3-5 kWp array, inverter, mounting and DNO paperwork. Pays back in 6-10 years at current tariffs.
Air-source unit, cylinder, pipework and any radiator upsizing. Grant typically £7,500; net cost depends on insulation level.
Solar array + heat pump + battery sized to run the heat pump from your own generation. The full energy retrofit in one go.
A well-installed solar array and a working heat pump are increasingly positives at sale (lower running costs, low-carbon credentials). On older housing stock the uplift is more modest; on newer and higher-priced homes it shows up clearly.
The fine print, up front
What this report does not cover.
A clear list of what we leave out, so you never feel short-changed when you open it.
- Real MCS-certified installer quotes (the quotes opt-in handles three of those across both trades)
- DNO approval timelines and grid-export agreements (your installer handles those once you pick one)
- Structural mods for the cylinder location or any fabric upgrades the report flags as needed first
If we can't make this report outstanding for your address, you don't pay.
If we can't find the photos, planning history or constraints we need to make this specific report genuinely useful for your house, we refund the full price before generating a single word. Same goes if you read it and it just doesn't deliver.
Asked often
The questions that come up before buying.
Articles & guides
Plain-English guides on solar & heat pump.
Short, practical pieces written by humans who've sat in your seat. Use them to come back to the report with sharper questions.
- Guide5 min readComing soon
Is my roof actually any good for solar? A 5-minute self-test
What pitch, orientation and shading really do to a UK roof's payback.
Notify me when this is up - Guide8 min readComing soon
Heat pump vs new gas boiler in 2026: the honest comparison
BUS grant, fabric-first, running cost and what your house can take.
Notify me when this is up - Guide6 min readComing soon
Are solar batteries worth it on a UK semi?
Self-consumption math at current export tariffs.
Notify me when this is up - Guide5 min readComing soon
10 questions to ask any solar installer before they quote
The lines on the quote that hide the real cost.
Notify me when this is up
We're writing these now. The report itself is ready today; the guides are the long-form companion.
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