Home air conditioning in Purley
Many London homes are flats or tall terraces, where heat rises to the top floor and the bedrooms bear the brunt of a hot spell. Purley sits around 11 miles from central London, inside our London area. Homes in CR8 are all within our coverage.
Rooms and systems
If your conservatory in Purley faces south, that is where overheating is worst. Homes in Purley on electric, oil or LPG heating are the ones most likely to benefit from an air-to-air heat pump. Where a home in Purley faces the street, the outdoor unit usually goes at the rear, out of sight. In Purley, a side wall of a single-storey extension is usually the neatest place for the indoor unit.
Flats, listed homes and garden rooms each bring their own questions, from freeholder consent to cable routes, and we cover them at survey. Many homes start with one or two rooms. A system can be designed so that more rooms are added later without replacing the outdoor unit.
Guide prices in Purley
Guide prices here, including VAT, start with a deep clean at £190–£325 per indoor unit; a bedroom or loft unit is £1,595–£3,895 per room and an air-to-air heat pump system £3,895–£15,095 for 2–5 rooms. Installations are fixed in writing after a free survey; visits are priced before we come.
Planning and permissions
In England, most houses can have an outdoor unit under permitted development if it is no larger than 1.5 m³, meets the MCS 020(a) noise limit of 37 dB(A) at the nearest neighbour's window, and there are no more than two on a detached house or one on other houses. Listed buildings need consent. Leaseholders in Purley usually need the freeholder's consent for anything fixed outside, and blocks of flats often need planning permission for outdoor units.
Purley 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.
Nearby
We also cover Coulsdon (2 miles), South Croydon (2 miles) and Carshalton (3 miles). See all of London.