Home air conditioning in Dorset
South West summers are milder on the coast, but sheltered towns and south-facing rooms still overheat, and efficient winter heating matters just as much. Coastal breezes help, but inland South West towns and glazed rooms still see uncomfortable peaks.
If your home in Bournemouth is bay-fronted or period, a console often suits it better than a high wall unit. If your conservatory in Bournemouth faces south, that is where overheating is worst. For a home cinema in Bournemouth, we place the indoor unit so airflow stays away from the screen and seating. If heating matters as much as cooling, an air-to-air heat pump sized for winter can replace old electric heaters room by room, and still cool in summer. Flats, listed homes and garden rooms each bring their own questions, from freeholder consent to cable routes, and we cover them at survey.
Towns we cover in Dorset
- Bournemouth
- Poole
- Weymouth
- Christchurch
- Bridport
- Dorchester
- Ferndown
- Shaftesbury
- Swanage
- Wareham
- Wimborne Minster
Planning and permissions
For most houses in Dorset, the outdoor unit is permitted development if it passes the MCS 020(a) noise check (37 dB(A) or less at the nearest neighbouring window) and stays within the size and number limits. We run that check on survey.
Dorset is in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme area, so eligible homes replacing oil, gas, LPG or electric heating may be able to get £2,500 off an air-to-air heat pump, as long as no fossil-fuel boiler stays in use. An MCS-certified installer must claim it; we confirm eligibility, and which installer applies, before you commit.
Guide prices in Dorset
A selection of services on our South West England figures, including VAT. Every service, with its local price, is listed below.
| Service | Guide price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Ducted air conditioning | £5,450–£14,950 | per system |
| Air conditioning for extensions and kitchen-diners | £1,450–£4,450 | per space |
| Air conditioning for flats and apartments | £1,350–£5,950 | per flat, one room to the whole flat |
| Home gym and media room air conditioning | £1,350–£3,350 | per room |
| Air conditioning for landlords and rental homes | £1,150–£5,950 | per property, one room to the whole let |
| Storage and electric heater replacement | £3,450–£10,450 | for 3–5 rooms, before any grant |
| Air conditioning repairs | £150–£1,250 | typical repair |
| Air conditioning replacement and removal | £195–£495 | to remove and recover one system |