Greater London · Heat pump installation
Air Source Heat Pumps in Shirley Oaks
One call covers heat pump installation in Shirley Oaks, from the first look to sign-off. An F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, on Checkatrade.
- Choosing between air-to-water and air-to-air
- Radiators that may be too small for a heat pump
- Checking whether planning permission is needed
Air source heat pumps in Shirley Oaks, done properly
Hot water from an air-to-water system is stored in a cylinder. Homes with a combi boiler may not have a cylinder, so finding space for one is part of the survey. With air-to-air, hot water has to come from something else. The work covers radiator systems, air-to-air heat pumps and air-to-water heat pumps, and people most often call us about checking whether planning permission is needed and checking eligibility for a heat pump grant.
In a flat in Shirley Oaks, the lease and the freeholder usually decide where a heat pump can go. The planning rules for flats are stricter than for houses, and we check before designing.
Each manufacturer sets its own warranty period. For example, Daikin’s standard warranty on split air conditioning is 2 years, and its longer extensions apply to its air-to-water units only. Whatever the brand, the manufacturer’s terms are explained on your quote.
- Where
- Shirley Oaks (CR0, SE25, CR9)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Price guide
- Air-to-water £8,000–£16,000 before any grant (0% VAT for homes)
- Credentials
- F-Gas certified company, NICEIC approved, MCS
- Replies
- On the working day you ask
- Price
- Fixed, in writing
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Shirley Oaks
Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover homes in Shirley Oaks?
Shirley Oaks is covered, as the scheme runs across England and Wales. 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. You don’t apply yourself: the MCS certified installer does, which is us.
Can you fit air conditioning in a London flat in Shirley Oaks?
Often, yes, but the lease and the freeholder usually have a say. We look at where the outdoor unit could go, such as a balcony, flat roof or rear wall, and write it up for the freeholder or agent.
Which brands do you work with?
We install and work on the leading makes, 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.
What does F-Gas certified mean?
The law says any company working on equipment containing F gas has to be certified, and each engineer needs the right qualifications too. It means the refrigerant in your system is handled legally.
When will I hear back?
On the same working day you contact us. Then we agree a date that works for you, with a fixed price before work starts.
What’s the price of a heat pump installation?
An air-to-water heat pump costs £8,000–£16,000 (0% VAT on homes) before the grant. Eligible homes in England and Wales can get £7,500 through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, and we confirm eligibility before you commit.
Will my radiators work with a heat pump?
The heat loss survey answers that, room by room. Where a radiator is already large enough, it stays, and any that need upsizing are set out in the quote.
Places near Shirley Oaks
What else we do in Shirley Oaks
Heat pumps in Shirley Oaks: local notes
About 42% of homes in Shirley Oaks and the neighbourhoods around it were built between the wars, according to the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax figures. Whether the walls and loft have been insulated makes a real difference to the heat pump size for homes of that period. London homes can be short of space for an outdoor unit and cylinder, which affects the choice of heat pump.
If your home is one of the older properties near Shirley Methodist Church, the survey checks whether it’s listed or in a conservation area before the outdoor unit position is chosen. Addington Palace, roughly 1.8 miles south-east, is a reminder to check your home’s listing status: permitted development doesn’t cover listed buildings.
Shirley Oaks is about 2 miles north-east of Croydon, in Greater London. Wherever you are in the CR0 postcode area, we can help with air source heat pumps. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London.
The closest recent job we can point to from Shirley Oaks was on George Street, Croydon (CR0), about 2 miles south-west: installing three Daikin cassette units in the main working area and a wall-mounted unit in the private meeting room.
Our working area takes in CR0, SE25 and CR9. Poppy Lane, Baring Road and Craven Road and the roads off them are all inside our area. Neighbouring places we cover include Shirley (1 mile east), Monks Orchard (1 mile east), Addiscombe (1 mile west), Ashburton (1 mile north-west) and Woodside (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover London (8 miles north), City of Westminster (10 miles north-west), Marylebone (10 miles north) and Kensington (10 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Shirley Oaks
We fit and service air conditioning in homes and premises around St. John's Church of England Primary School, Ashburton Park and The Cricketers pub and the streets around them. Shirley Oaks’s nearest station is Elmers End station, roughly 1.2 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Crystal Palace Museum (2.8 miles north) and National Psychosis Unit (1.1 miles east). For a walk, there’s Bramley Bank and Duppas Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We work for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as homeowners and businesses. Tell us who the contact on site is and who should receive the paperwork, and we’ll keep everyone informed.
From a single flat to a whole estate, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, access agreed with the people on site and paperwork at the end.
What we do, step by step
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you and run through the plan before anything else. Floors and furniture near the work are covered with dust sheets, and the electrics are made safe before any panel comes off. On site, it takes a few days for most air-to-water installations, with air-to-air systems often quicker. Parking bays, permits and roof or balcony access are the first things we ask about in Shirley Oaks.
- First we talk through the property and the current system.
- We measure heat loss for every room.
- We design the system, check the radiators and cylinder and look at the outdoor unit position.
- A fixed-price quote explains the cost, the grant position and the VAT.
- We install, commission and register the system under MCS.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have the make and model of any existing unit to hand
- Give us access to the outside wall, roof or yard where the outdoor unit sits
- Move furniture away from the wall where we’ll be working
Getting a price
Quotes do not take long. Call or email with a few details and we will come back to you the same working day. If we need to see the property first, we book a survey at a time that works for you.
Advice
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than sell you work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Disconnecting or servicing a gas boiler
- Planning approval where permitted development does not apply
- Formal advice on VAT for your situation
Not sure which it is? You can phone 07833 053749 or write to us at info@aircondoctor.co.uk and we will tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Radiator systems
- Homes heated by oil, LPG or gas
- Underfloor heating
- Air-to-air heat pumps
- Hot water cylinders
- Air-to-water heat pumps
What the work involves, system by system
Outdoor unit position and planning
Flats have tighter limits, and an Article 4 direction can remove permitted development rights. Listed buildings also need separate consent and we check what applies to you.
Radiators and underfloor heating
Underfloor heating suits a heat pump’s lower flow temperature, and we can connect to it where it’s already in.
What a customer said
“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