Hampshire · Heat pump installation
Heat pump installation in Darby Green, Hampshire
Looking for air source heat pumps in Darby Green? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around you, finishing with proper records.
- Planning and permitted development questions
- A boiler that’s getting old
- Moving away from fossil-fuel heating
Homes in Darby Green and heat pumps
About 55% of homes in Darby Green and the neighbourhoods around it date from 1945 to 1972, according to VOA council tax data. Homes of that age often have cavity walls that may or may not be insulated, which the survey checks.
A heat loss calculation decides the size of heat pump your home needs. If your home is one of the older properties near St Barnabas Church, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen.
Darby Green is about 1 mile east of Yateley, in Hampshire. Properties in Darby Green get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we have finished. In Hampshire alone we list 683 places and Darby Green is among them. For properties nearby, see our Guildford page, about 12 miles away.
Our nearest recent job to Darby Green was on Princess Way, Camberley (GU15), about 3 miles east: installing a Samsung VRF system serving twelve rooms across two floors, including open-plan working areas, individual offices, a server room and a boardroom.
Whether you are on Green Lane, Stroud Lane and Reading Road or anywhere close by, our engineers can take on the work. Our working area takes in GU17 and GU46, every street of it. Nearby, we also cover air source heat pumps in Minley (1 mile south-west), Yateley (1 mile west), Little Sandhurst (2 miles north), Eversley Cross (3 miles west) and Eversley Centre (3 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (14 miles west), Farnborough (3 miles south-east), Fleet (4 miles south) and Aldershot (6 miles south).
Landmarks near Darby Green
Around Darby Green, our work takes us to homes and businesses near Cricketers pub, Royal Military Academy Library and Frogmore Community College and the streets around them. The closest station to Darby Green is Sandhurst station, roughly 1 mile north. A little further out are Hart Shopping Centre (3.9 miles south-west) and Frimley Park Hospital (2.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Wildmoor Heath and Horseshoe Lake.
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Darby Green
An air-to-water heat pump costs £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant. In England and Wales, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme offers a £7,500 grant towards an eligible air-to-water installation and the installer makes the application. Not every home qualifies, so we check eligibility before you commit. If you’re dealing with finding a place for the outdoor unit and no space for a hot water cylinder, we can sort it out.
If your home in or near Darby Green 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, on top of the £7,500.
Think of the paperwork as the system’s health record: a dated account of the work and the readings we took. If anything goes wrong later, it helps the next engineer and the manufacturer, so keep it safe.
- Location
- Darby Green (GU17, GU46)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Response
- Same working day
- Pricing
- Fixed after a survey or pictures
- Price guide
- £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes), before the grant
- Certified
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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What else we do in Darby Green
How the job changes from property to property
VAT on heat pumps
Heat pumps in homes carry 0% VAT until 31 March 2027, and 5% after that, under HMRC Notice 708/6. It does not apply to businesses.
Outdoor unit position and planning
Permitted development conditions in England include an outdoor unit of no more than 1.5 m³, compliance with MCS 020(a), and use for more than cooling alone. It can’t be within the curtilage of a listed building.
What affects the cost of air source heat pumps
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Which make and model is being fitted or worked on
- The size of the job
- What state the existing equipment is in
A single unit or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and what it needs. You’ll have a fixed price before any work starts, and the quote sets out the VAT.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The outside wall, roof or yard where the outdoor unit sits or would go
- The rating plate or label on any existing unit
- The postcode and whether it’s a home, flat or business
Quotes do not take long. Call or email with a few details and we’ll come back to you the same working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits you.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the GB F-gas rules, responsibility for leak checks is shared between whoever operates the equipment and the engineers who work on it. In a let or managed building, it’s worth agreeing who that operator is, and we can work for either side.
Whether it’s one property or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, access agreed with the people on site and paperwork at the end.
Darby Green questions
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Darby Green?
Yes, if the home and the heat pump meet the scheme’s rules: Darby Green 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 isn’t an add-on to a boiler. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Will a heat pump in Darby Green need planning permission?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. A conservation area takes in the middle of Darby Green. Heat pumps on houses are often permitted development, but listed buildings need consent and conservation areas restrict outdoor units facing a road. Where it’s needed, we check with Hart council, which is usually the planning authority for Darby Green.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Send details of the systems and how they’re used, and we will suggest a schedule with a fixed price. Leak checks required by the F-gas rules can be built in for larger systems.
Will you work on another installer’s system?
Yes. We look at it first and tell you what we find, including any issues with how it was fitted. You get a fixed price before any work goes ahead.
Will my radiators work with a heat pump?
Some radiators may be fine as they are, and some may need to be larger. At the lower temperatures a heat pump uses, radiators need more surface so we check every radiator against the room’s heat loss.
Which brands do you work with?
We work with the leading brands, from Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin and Fujitsu to Panasonic, Toshiba, LG, Samsung, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi. Send us the make and model if you have it.
How long does a heat pump installation take?
An installation takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. We confirm the timing after the survey, and you can give us a ring on 07833 053749 or email us to book it.
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: dust sheets over floors and furniture near the work and nothing is moved without asking you. After that, anything electrical is made safe and we start. The work on site takes from a couple of days to around a week, depending on the system and how much of the heating changes, and we tidy up before we leave. A note on how to find the property and where to park makes a visit to Darby Green easier.
- We talk through your home, your current heating and what you want from a heat pump.
- A heat loss survey works out how much heat each room needs, and we look at the radiators, the cylinder space and where the outdoor unit could go.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about parking and loading
- Clear a path to the units and the space around them
- Name a contact who can meet us at the agreed time
Getting a price
Every quote shows the VAT clearly, with the rate that applies to your job. VAT can differ between homes and businesses and between kinds of work, so we confirm it on the quote. To get one, ring 07833 053749 or use the quote form.
Advice
What a customer said
“Very professional from the initial survey through to installation. The engineer explained everything clearly and the quote was exactly what we paid. Would not hesitate to recommend AirCon Doctor.”
David W., Haywards Heath