Greater London · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Herne Hill
One call covers heat pump installation in Herne Hill: diagnosis, fixed price, work and sign-off. An F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, on Checkatrade.
- Checking emitters for a heat pump
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Questions about where the outdoor unit can go
What we’re called out for in Herne Hill
Some homes heated by electric heaters or storage heaters consider a heat pump instead. The survey tells you whether it’s practical and what’s involved, and we explain the grant position for your home.
These are the situations we see most often:
- Deciding on the outdoor unit position
- Deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home
- Working out where a cylinder could go
If your home is near North Dulwich station and heated by a gas boiler, an air-to-water heat pump can replace it where the survey shows it suits.
Questions to ask before you book
- What’s in the price and what is not
- Whether they looked at the job before pricing it
- Why the equipment they’re quoting suits the job
How we handle air source heat pumps in Herne Hill
Hot water from an air-to-water system is stored in a cylinder. If you have a combi boiler and no cylinder, the survey looks at where one could go. Air-to-air systems don’t heat hot water, so you will need another way to do that. The work covers air-to-water heat pumps, hot water cylinders and radiator systems, and the jobs we see most are replacing a combi boiler with a heat pump and deciding which kind of heat pump suits the home.
In a flat in Herne Hill, the lease and the freeholder normally decide where a heat pump can go. The planning rules for flats are stricter than for houses, so we check the position before we design.
AirCon Doctor is an F-Gas certified company and 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.
- Place
- Herne Hill (SE22, SW2, SE24)
- Region
- Greater London
- Quotes
- Fixed, in writing
- Accreditations
- NICEIC approved, F-Gas certified, MCS
- Costs
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Improving the building’s insulation
- Formal advice on VAT for your situation
- Planning decisions, which rest with the council
If you are not sure, just ring 07833 053749, or email if that’s easier and we will give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Underfloor heating
- Hot water cylinders
- Radiator systems
Air source heat pumps around Herne Hill
About 59% of homes in and around Herne Hill were built before 1919, according to the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures, and about 57% of households live in flats, according to the last census (2021). In older homes, the heat loss calculation is especially important, as solid walls and draughts change the size of heat pump needed. Flats are often harder for air-to-water systems, so we look at whether air-to-air suits better. For a London home, the outdoor unit position and the MCS noise check need careful planning.
Live in one of the older houses around Saint Faith's? Expect the survey to look closely at heat loss and at the building’s planning status.
Herne Hill is about 3 miles south of London, in Greater London. Properties in Herne Hill get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price and proper paperwork when we have finished. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and Herne Hill is one of them.
Not far from Herne Hill, a recent job of ours was on Streatham High Road, Streatham (SW16), about 2 miles south-west: installing two LG wall-mounted units in the main nail bar area and a third unit in the treatment room.
Jobs in SE22, SW2 and SE24 are looked at, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Getting to Herne Hill is easy by the A204 and A2214. Neighbouring places we cover include Dulwich Village (1 mile south-east), East Dulwich (1 mile north-east), Dulwich (1 mile south-east), Denmark Hill (1 mile north) and Camberwell (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include London (3 miles north), City of Westminster (5 miles north-west), Marylebone (5 miles north-west) and Kensington (6 miles north-west).
Around Herne Hill
Typical jobs here are in properties near The Charter School, Half Moon pub and Belair Park, among other places. There’s a railway station in Herne Hill itself: North Dulwich station. A little further out are Surrey Quays Shopping Centre (3.5 miles north-east) and House of Dreams Museum (0.7 miles north-east). Not far away are Battersea Park Lake and Knight's Hill.
Towns and villages near Herne Hill
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Common questions in Herne Hill
Is a heat pump in Herne Hill permitted development?
That depends on the building and where the outdoor unit goes. There’s a conservation area, the Sunray Estate Conservation Area, close to central Herne Hill. 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 do not 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 Southwark council, which is usually the planning authority for Herne Hill.
Can I get the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant in Herne Hill?
Herne Hill is in England, where the Boiler Upgrade Scheme runs. Whether your home qualifies, and for how much, depends on the type of heat pump and the heating it replaces. As an MCS certified installer, we apply for it on your behalf.
Do you protect the property while you work?
We start with protection: sheets over the floor and nearby furniture. Holes and fixings are agreed with you, and we clean up afterwards before we leave.
Do you look at the job first?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey tells us what the job needs and how to do it and the fixed price is built on it.
Can I do the refrigerant work myself?
No, not the refrigerant side. Under the F-gas rules, it must be done by qualified engineers from a certified company, and a new electrical circuit is notifiable building work unless a registered competent person does it.
Which type of heat pump is right for my home?
Air-to-water replaces the boiler for heating and hot water, while air-to-air heats and cools rooms. The survey helps decide. Both are part of what we install.
How does the warranty work?
Warranty comes from the manufacturer and depends on the brand and product. For example, Daikin’s standard warranty on split air conditioning is 2 years and we explain the terms for your brand on the quote.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, from tools and test equipment to ladders and dust sheets. You only need to give us clear access to the units, or their planned positions, and to the fuse board. On site, the work takes anything from a couple of days for air-to-air to the best part of a week for air-to-water with radiator changes. Let us know who controls access to the building in Herne Hill, as that saves time on the day.
- It begins with your house and the heating it relies on now.
- A heat loss survey is carried out, room by room.
- The design covers the heat pump, emitters, hot water and outdoor unit.
- A fixed-price quote explains the cost, the grant position and the VAT.
- We install, commission and register the system under MCS.
How to prepare
- Find the manual or the paperwork for the system, if you have it
- Let us know where the consumer unit is
- Let us know where we can park and unload
Get a fixed-price quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: the inside and outside of the property where the work is, plus the rating plate of any unit already there. Add the address and what you’d like done, and simple jobs can often be priced without a visit.
Advice
After we have gone
A little care keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Check what your manufacturer’s warranty asks of you
- Seal draughts where you can
- Check eligibility for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme early
The warranty on the heat pump is the manufacturer’s, on its own terms. We explain the terms for your brand, including any servicing conditions.
Let the heat pump run steadily rather than switching it on and off as explained at handover.
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