Hampshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installers in Criddlestyle
Our engineers work in Criddlestyle on heat pump installation. Diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we finish.
- Replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump
- Radiators that may be too small for a heat pump
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
What happens if it’s left?
Planning rules have specific conditions. Checking the position for your home at the survey stage avoids surprises later, including conservation areas, listed buildings and Article 4 directions. Getting the date in early helps for a place like Criddlestyle.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is looked at first, and the price is agreed before we start.
What you get with us
- One number for homes and businesses across London and the South East
- We work on all the leading brands
- Every job looked at before it’s priced
- MCS certified for heat pumps
Take a look at what air conditioning costs or our accreditations.
Air source heat pumps in Criddlestyle, done properly
In England, an air source heat pump on a house can often go in under permitted development rights. 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 look at the planning position for your home during the survey. The work covers radiator systems, hot water cylinders and homes heated by oil, LPG or gas, and the jobs we see most are ageing boilers that will need replacing and not knowing whether a grant applies.
If your home in or near Criddlestyle is heated by oil, LPG or electric heaters with no mains gas, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme adds an extra £1,500 until March 2027 for an air source or ground source heat pump.
Whatever the visit, you get a written record: commissioning details and F-Gas records for a new system, a note of the fault and the fix for a repair, or a service record. File it with the manual, because it helps with any later warranty question.
- Where
- Criddlestyle (SP6)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Response
- Same working day
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Accreditations
- NICEIC and F-Gas, MCS
- Costs
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Other services in Criddlestyle
Homes in Criddlestyle and heat pumps
The last census (2021) found about 78% of households in detached or semi-detached houses. Detached and semi-detached houses typically have room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder.
Period properties close to St Giles can suit a heat pump, though insulation and any heritage protection are checked first. If your home is listed, like Breamore House about 3 miles north, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work.
Criddlestyle is in Hampshire. Whatever kind of property you have in Criddlestyle, we can help with air source heat pumps. We reply to enquiries the same working day, and there’s a 24/7 emergency line. Criddlestyle is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for homes and businesses. The nearest of our city pages is Guildford, around 56 miles from Criddlestyle.
Work in SP6 follows the same survey, fixed-price quote and written records as everywhere else we cover. We also cover Sandy Balls (1 mile north-east), Stuckton (1 mile south), Horseport (1 mile west), Blissford (1 mile south-east) and Godshill (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Totton (12 miles east), Lymington (15 miles south-east), Romsey (13 miles east) and New Milton (13 miles south).
Near you in Criddlestyle
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around The George Inn and Fordingbridge Infant School and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Godshill Castle Hill (1.2 miles north) and Fordingbridge Doll Museum (0.8 miles west). Green spaces nearby include Blashford Lakes and Linbrook Lake.
What happens on the day
Think of the visit in three stages: look, put right and sign off. First we check the system or the space against the plan, then we do the work, and finally everything is tested, recorded and explained. Most of the time goes on the middle part, and that takes several days for an air-to-water system with a new cylinder, less for an air-to-air system. Work in Criddlestyle is booked in advance at a time that suits you.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- On the visit we calculate what every room loses on a cold day, then check the radiators, room for a cylinder and outdoor unit options.
- We send a fixed-price quote that shows the equipment, the grant position and the VAT.
- Fitting day: the outdoor unit is placed, the indoor side connected and the controls set up.
- Commissioning, MCS certification and a handover of the controls finish the job.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, high walls or locked plant areas
- Tell us about parking and loading
- Make sure we can reach the outdoor unit, or where it will go
Ask for a quote
For a fixed-price quote, call us on 07833 053749 or use the quote form with the address and a few details about the rooms or units involved. A few photos make it quicker. We reply to enquiries the same working day.
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FAQs for Criddlestyle
Will you come out to Criddlestyle?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. Send a few details and photos, and we reply the same working day.
Is a heat pump in Criddlestyle permitted development?
It depends on the property. Central Criddlestyle sits inside the Western Escarpment Conservation Area. On a house, an air source heat pump can often go ahead under permitted development, with an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 cubic metres and an installation that meets MCS 020(a), which includes a noise check. Those rights don’t reach the grounds of a listed building, and conservation areas rule out walls or roofs facing a road. If that might affect you, we ask New Forest council, which is usually the planning authority for Criddlestyle.
Do you work for landlords and businesses?
Yes. We work for homeowners, landlords, letting and managing agents, and businesses of every size across London and the South East. Let us know who the records should go to.
What VAT do I pay on a heat pump?
Not on a home installation at the moment: HMRC zero-rates heat pumps installed in residential accommodation until 31 March 2027, and 5% applies after that. Businesses and hotels pay the standard rate, and for air-to-air systems we confirm the VAT on your quote. This is general information, not tax advice.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night. Call the emergency line and tell us the make, the symptoms and any error code, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, always. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what’s needed, where things go and what access we need and the fixed price is built on it.
Will you make a mess?
Floors and furniture near the work are covered with dust sheets before work begins, and we tidy up as we go. At the end, we clear up and show you what we’ve done.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Bigger systems bring extra duties: a TM44 inspection by an accredited energy assessor is required at least every 5 years for systems over 12 kW. We can arrange it, prepare the system for it and fix what it finds.
If you look after several properties, we can plan visits across the portfolio and price them together. Each property gets its own records, so each one has its own history.
System by system
Hot water cylinders
Hot water from an air-to-water system is stored in a cylinder. The survey looks at where it can go particularly in homes with a combi boiler.
Heat loss surveys
Without a proper survey, a heat pump can be too big or too small and that matters for comfort and running.
From one of our customers
“Excellent service from start to finish. Two wall-mounted units installed in our home. Clean, tidy work: they protected all the floors and left no mess. The systems work brilliantly. Would highly recommend.”
Sarah M., East Grinstead