Oxfordshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Botley, Oxfordshire
Air source heat pumps for Botley and the surrounding area: a survey or diagnosis, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed-price quote.
- Finding a place for the outdoor unit
- Questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
Different systems, different jobs
Hot water cylinders
An air-to-water heat pump heats hot water through a cylinder. Space for the cylinder is part of the survey, especially if you have a combi boiler.
VAT on heat pumps
Please treat this as general guidance rather than tax advice.
Air source heat pumps in Botley
Many air source heat pumps can be installed as permitted development in England, without a planning application. Conditions include a maximum outdoor unit size of 1.5 m³, compliance with MCS 020(a), use for more than cooling alone and a site outside the curtilage of a listed building. We check the rules for your property as part of the survey. Typical jobs include a boiler that’s getting old and replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump, across hot water cylinders, homes heated by oil, LPG or gas and air-to-air heat pumps.
Whether a home near Botley has mains gas makes a difference to the grant. Until March 2027, homes on oil or LPG without mains gas can get an extra £1,500 through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
We’re an F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved for electrical work, MCS certified for heat pumps and a Checkatrade member. Refrigerant work is done by engineers who hold the F-gas qualifications the law requires.
- Location
- Botley (OX2)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Approvals
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Typical price
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Quote
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Replies
- We reply the same working day
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What we do, step by step
We book the visit for a day and time that suit you, and we let you know if plans need to move. On arrival, the engineer compares the job with the survey, your pictures or the details you gave us. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, it takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Tell us about any gates or steps at your property near Botley when you book.
- We talk through your home, your current heating and what you want from a heat pump.
- We survey the home room by room for heat loss, and check the emitters, hot water and outdoor unit position.
- The price comes back fixed and in writing, with the grant and VAT shown line by line.
- Fitting day: the outdoor unit is placed, the indoor side connected and the controls set up.
- We commission the heat pump, complete the MCS paperwork and talk you through the controls.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
- Make sure we can reach the outdoor unit, or where it will go
- Move furniture away from the wall where we’ll be working
Getting a quote
For a fixed-price quote, call us on 07833 053749 or drop us a line and tell us about the property and what you need. Photos help a lot. You will hear back from us the same working day.
Advice
What a heat pump looks like in Botley
Listed buildings are part of the picture here: about 4 within half a mile of the centre, such as The Old Manor House (grade II). That affects heat pumps: listed buildings need consent, and conservation areas limit where the outdoor unit can go under permitted development. Where needed, we check with the local planning authority (typically Vale of White Horse council). The 2021 Census found about 77% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
With Holywell Manor about 2.3 miles east, it’s worth asking whether your own home is listed before planning a heat pump. If your home is one of the older properties near St Peter and St Paul, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen.
Botley is about 3 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Botley to the outskirts, we cover air source heat pumps, from small jobs to large ones. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, Botley among them. We also work in Guildford, about 47 miles from Botley.
Here we cover the OX2 postcode area. You’ll find streets such as Elms Road, Cedar Road and Hazel Road, each of them within reach. We also cover Dean Court (1 mile west), Chawley (1 mile south-west), Cumnor (2 miles south-west), Filchampstead (2 miles west) and Wytham (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (3 miles east), Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (12 miles north-east) and Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles south).
Near you in Botley
In Botley, that means homes and buildings near The Seacourt Bridge pub, Raleigh Park and Matthew Arnold School. For rail, the closest station is Oxford station, roughly 1.3 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Oxford University Press Museum (1.6 miles east) and Radcliffe Infirmary (1.8 miles east). Open spaces near Botley include Harcourt Hill and Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds.
Places near Botley
Other services in Botley
Before you call an engineer
Some faults have simple causes you can check first: is the system in the right mode, is the set temperature sensible, are the remote’s batteries working and has the breaker tripped. If the breaker trips a second time, leave it off and phone us on 07833 053749 or write to us at info@aircondoctor.co.uk.
There are a few things you can safely do yourself: keeping the outdoor unit clear, checking the mode and set temperature, and the routine cleaning in the manual. Opening up the units, the electrics and the refrigerant circuit are a job for us.
Why it’s worth doing now in Botley
From 1 April 2027, VAT on heat pumps in homes rises from 0% to 5%. It’s a date to bear in mind when planning, though the right time also depends on your home and heating. Dealing with it now is typically simpler than a breakdown later.
Typical ranges are on our prices page, but your price depends on the job in front of us. For a fixed-price quote, ring us on 07833 053749 or send an email, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why people in Botley choose us
- A reply the same working day
- NICEIC approved for electrical work
- One number for homes and businesses across London and the South East
- Leading brands including Daikin, Mitsubishi Electric and Fujitsu
Read how installs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Botley questions
Do you cover smaller places like Botley?
Yes. Botley is within the area we cover across London and the South East. We are based in East Grinstead and plan each visit so the job can be finished in one trip where possible.
Is the heat pump grant available in Botley?
Yes, if the home and the heat pump meet the scheme’s rules: Botley is in England, where it applies. For an air-to-water heat pump the amount is £7,500; an air-to-air system can get £2,500 if it replaces the fossil-fuel heating outright, meets the home’s full heating demand and is not an add-on to a boiler. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Will skipping a service affect the warranty?
Each manufacturer decides. Where servicing is a condition, a missed service could give the manufacturer grounds to refuse a claim, so we explain the terms on your quote.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used and we’ll propose a schedule and quote for it. That can include the leak checks the F-gas rules require for larger systems.
What’s the price of a heat pump installation?
£8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes) for air-to-water, before the grant. Your price depends on the survey, the emitters and the hot water and the quote is fixed.
Will I get records for the system?
Yes, always. A new system comes with commissioning details, F-Gas records and the manufacturer’s warranty information, and repairs and services get a record of the work.
Who has to arrange F-Gas leak checks?
The F-gas rules share it between the equipment’s operator and the engineers who work on it. How often depends on the size of the refrigerant charge in tonnes of CO2 equivalent: at least every 12 months from 5 tCO2e, and every 6 months from 50 tCO2e.
A customer’s words
“Office air con broke down in the July heatwave. Called at 8am, engineer was here by noon and fixed within 2 hours. Brilliant emergency response. They now hold the service contract for the whole building.”
James T., Crawley, office manager