Home air conditioning in Guildford
Summers in the South East are among the warmest in the country, so cooling often comes first, with efficient winter heating as a bonus. Guildford sits around 6 miles from Woking, inside our Surrey area. Homes in GU1 are all within our coverage.
Rooms and systems
We check the armoured supply cable on every Guildford garden room before quoting. A single wall-mounted unit is often all a bedroom or sunny living room in Guildford needs. For period homes in Guildford, we look at consoles in place of radiators and ducted units from the loft before anything else. In Guildford, the indoor unit usually goes on the original house wall inside the conservatory.
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. Flats, listed homes and garden rooms each bring their own questions, from freeholder consent to cable routes, and we cover them at survey.
Guide prices in Guildford
As a guide, homes in Guildford can expect £6,645–£18,245 per system for a ducted system, £1,645–£7,245 per flat for air conditioning in a flat and £1,745–£4,195 per system for conservatory air conditioning, VAT included. Installations are fixed in writing after a free survey; visits are priced before we come.
Planning and permissions
England's rules let most houses fit an outdoor unit without a planning application, as long as the size, number and MCS 020(a) noise conditions are met. Flats, listed buildings and roof-mounted units are treated differently. Leaseholders in Guildford usually need the freeholder's consent for anything fixed outside, and blocks of flats often need planning permission for outdoor units.
If your home in Guildford is replacing fossil fuel or electric heating, and no gas, oil or LPG boiler stays in use, an MCS-certified air-to-air heat pump may qualify for the £2,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, which the MCS-certified installer claims and deducts from the price.
Nearby
If you are just outside Guildford, we also work in Godalming (4 miles), Woking (6 miles) and Aldershot (8 miles). See all of Surrey.