Brighton and Hove · Heat pump installation
Ovingdean air source heat pumps
Air source heat pumps in Ovingdean from an F-Gas certified company, with the manufacturer’s warranty terms explained on your quote. Enquiries answered the same working day.
- Checking eligibility for a heat pump grant
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Plans to switch to electric heating with a heat pump
Aftercare tips
A little care keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Use the settings explained at handover
- Keep the MCS certificate with the manufacturer’s paperwork
- Clear leaves and debris from the outdoor unit
Should you have questions after the install, give us a ring on 07833 053749 and we will look into it. Annual servicing helps keep the system working well.
Keep the outdoor unit clear of leaves, plants and stored items. It needs good airflow to collect heat from outside so keep it unobstructed.
Air source heat pumps for homes and businesses in Ovingdean
As an MCS certified installer, we fit air source heat pumps for homes in Ovingdean and the rest of Brighton and Hove. There are two kinds: air-to-water, which heats radiators or underfloor heating and your hot water, and air-to-air, which warms rooms through indoor units and can also cool. We will explain which type fits your home and why. If you are dealing with no space for a hot water cylinder and planning and permitted development questions, we can help.
Older and listed homes in villages like Ovingdean need extra care, and permitted development doesn’t cover listed buildings, so we check consent first.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: 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 so it’s to hand next time.
- Location
- Ovingdean (BN2)
- Region
- Brighton and Hove
- Certified
- F-Gas certified, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Enquiries
- Answered the same working day
- Quotes
- Fixed-price quote after a site survey
- Costs
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
When something else is needed
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Planning decisions, which rest with the council
- Gas boiler work, such as disconnecting the old boiler, which needs a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Insulation work, such as loft or cavity wall insulation
If you’re not sure, just call 07833 053749 and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Underfloor heating
- Radiator systems
- Air-to-water heat pumps
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
Questions from Ovingdean
Do I need planning permission for a heat pump in Ovingdean?
There’s no single answer: the building and the outdoor unit position decide it. Central Ovingdean is a short walk from the Ovingdean Conservation Area. The permitted development rules for heat pumps leave out listed buildings and stop outdoor units going on road-facing walls or roofs in conservation areas. Anything outside the rules needs an application, and we raise it with Brighton and Hove council, which is typically the planning authority for Ovingdean first.
Will you come out to Ovingdean?
We do. Villages and hamlets get the same service as the bigger towns. Send a few details and pictures, and we reply the same working day.
How much VAT is charged on a heat pump in a home?
For homes, currently none: HMRC zero-rates heat pumps installed in residential accommodation until 31 March 2027, and 5% applies after that. The relief isn’t available to businesses, and for air-to-air systems we confirm the VAT on your quote. This is general information, not tax advice.
Will my radiators work with a heat pump?
It depends on each radiator and the room it heats. Heat pumps run at lower flow temperatures, so radiators give out less heat so we check every radiator against the room’s heat loss.
What does an air-to-water heat pump cost?
£8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes) for air-to-water, before the grant. The final price depends on the heat loss survey, the radiators and the cylinder and the quote is fixed.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always look before we price, either on a site survey or from pictures and details for simple jobs. Then you get a fixed-price quote.
Am I eligible for a heat pump grant?
We check the scheme rules for your property before you go ahead. As the installer, we make the application where you qualify.
Air source heat pumps around Ovingdean
Ovingdean is within about 1 mile of the coast. Coastal sites are worth mentioning at the survey, as salt air affects the outdoor unit and its fixings. The Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures date about 53% of homes across Ovingdean and its surrounding area to the post-war years, 1945 to 1972, and about 74% of households live in detached or semi-detached houses, according to Census 2021 figures. Whether the walls and loft have been insulated makes a real difference to the heat pump size for homes of that period. Finding room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder is seldom a problem in homes like these.
If your home is one of the older properties near St Wulfran's Church, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen.
Ovingdean is about 3 miles south-east of Hanover, in Brighton and Hove. Whatever kind of property you have in Ovingdean, our engineers can help with air source heat pumps. We reply to enquiries the same working day and our emergency line runs 24/7. Count every place we list in Brighton and Hove and you reach 30, with Ovingdean on the list.
Not far from Ovingdean, a recent job of ours was on New Road, Brighton (BN1), about 3 miles north-west: installing individual wall-mounted Panasonic units in all 22 guest rooms, plus two cassette units in the restaurant and a dedicated unit for the server room at basement level.
Longhill Road, Ovingdean Road and Wanderdown Road and the roads off them are all inside our area. If your postcode is in BN2, you’re inside the area we cover. Close to Ovingdean, our area also takes in Rottingdean (1 mile east), Roedean (1 mile west), Saltdean (2 miles south-east), East Saltdean (2 miles south-east) and Telscombe (3 miles east). Larger places within reach include Brighton (3 miles north-west), Brighton and Hove (5 miles west), Hove (4 miles west) and Carlton Hill (3 miles west).
Around Ovingdean
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around Beacon Hill, Our Lady of Lourdes RC School and Duck Inn and the streets around them. Ovingdean’s nearest station is Moulsecoomb station, roughly 3 miles north-west. Well-known places in the area include Brighton Motor Museum (1.9 miles west) and French Convalescent Home (1.5 miles west). The countryside around Ovingdean includes Newmarket Hill and Beacon Hill Local Nature Reserve.
How the visit works
You do not need to do much on the day. Someone needs to let us in and show us the units, or where they’re going, and the rest is down to us. At the end, we tidy up and run through the work with you. For a village like Ovingdean, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- Step one is understanding the house, how it’s heated today and what you’d like to change.
- 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.
- 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.
- We commission the heat pump, complete the MCS paperwork and talk you through the controls.
How to prepare
- Mention any roof access, ladders or high-level work
- Dig out any previous service or F-Gas records
- Arrange for someone to be there to let us in
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the property is and what kind of building it is, photos of the rooms or units, the make and model of any existing system and anything you’ve noticed, such as an error code or a noise. Once you have those, ring 07833 053749 or send an email.
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Do you need air source heat pumps in Ovingdean?
For homes with no mains gas, heated by oil or LPG, a heat pump is well worth considering. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme includes an extra £1,500, until March 2027, for air source or ground source heat pumps in homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas where the home is eligible.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- An oil, LPG or gas boiler near the end of its life
- Finding a place for the outdoor unit
- Questions about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
If your home is listed, like Royal Pavilion about 2.8 miles west, listed building consent comes before any heat pump work.
What to look for in a quote
- What paperwork you will receive afterwards
- Which VAT rate the quote uses, and why
- The make and model of any parts or equipment being quoted
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From one of our customers
“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