What we do, and who for
We produce domestic Energy Performance Certificates for private landlords, buy-to-let investors, portfolio landlords and letting agents across England and Wales. If you are letting or re-letting a home, a valid EPC is a legal precondition, and below EPC E you cannot let the property at all without a registered exemption. We survey the actual home, run it through the government's RdSAP methodology, lodge the certificate on the national register, and tell you exactly where you stand, today and against the proposed 2030 standard.
Every certificate is the work of an accredited Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA). That accreditation is not a formality: only an assessor who is a member of a government-approved scheme can produce a legally valid domestic EPC. A "certificate" from anyone not properly accredited, or lodged incorrectly, is not valid, which is exactly when a cheap, unaccredited EPC leaves a landlord exposed in the middle of a let.
Assessed the right way: RdSAP, on site
Domestic EPCs use the Reduced data Standard Assessment Procedure (RdSAP), the government's methodology for existing homes. Accuracy comes from an assessor actually visiting the property and recording the real fabric, heating, hot water, glazing and insulation, not from a desk estimate. That matters most for the borderline homes, the solid-wall terrace or the electric-heated flat, where an accurate survey can be the difference between a lettable rating and a wrongly-failed one. We assess the home as it is, and we explain what we found.
Current on the rules, honest on 2030
The rules around landlord EPCs and MEES are moving, and a great deal of the advice online is out of date or alarmist. The minimum standard to let is EPC E: unlawful to grant a new tenancy below E since 1 April 2018, and unlawful to continue letting any existing tenancy below E since 1 April 2020, unless a valid exemption is registered. On the future standard, in its 2025 consultation response the government confirmed its intention to raise the minimum to the equivalent of EPC C, with a single compliance date of 1 October 2030. That is a firm government intention, but it is not yet enacted law, it depends on secondary legislation and Parliamentary approval, so we describe it honestly as proposed, and we date our advice. That honesty is exactly what protects you from acting on a scare that never becomes law.
Honest by default
We would rather give you the uncomfortable answer early than a comfortable one late. If your property is genuinely exempt, we'll say so and help you register the exemption, rather than sell you a certificate or works you don't need. If it comes back F or G, we hand you the ranked, costed improvement roadmap and the cheapest fabric-first route back over the line, within the £3,500 cost cap. We do not publish fabricated reviews or star ratings. This site is operated by SEO Dons Ltd; the certificates are produced by accredited assessors working to the government-approved schemes named below.