Air conditioning for period and listed homes in Irvine
If your Irvine home is listed or in a conservation area, consent comes first and we provide what the council needs to see. In central and southern Scotland, heat pump heating is usually the main reason to install, especially in homes on electric heating.
If your home in Irvine is Victorian, Edwardian or older, a console or concealed system often works better than a high wall unit. Irvine lies roughly 6 miles from Kilmarnock, and we cover it as part of Ayrshire. We cover KA12 and the streets around them.
Prices in Irvine
Our Central and Southern Scotland guide price for air conditioning for period and listed homes is £1,495–£7,295 per home, one room upwards, VAT included. It is a touch below the UK middle, as trade rates in Central and Southern Scotland tend to be. What moves a quote in Irvine up or down is mostly pipe length, how high the outdoor unit goes, and whether a new electrical circuit is needed. On our Central and Southern Scotland figures, the Concealed option (ducted unit from a loft or void serving one or two rooms) is about £3,145–£4,995.
Console
Low-level console in place of a radiator, rear outdoor unit.
Concealed
Ducted unit from a loft or void serving one or two rooms.
Mixed
Consoles downstairs and ducted upstairs on one system.
Guide prices show VAT at 20%. HMRC treats most fixed air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps installed in homes as energy-saving materials, zero-rated until 31 March 2027 when we supply and fit them. If your installation qualifies, your quote shows 0% VAT and a lower price. Servicing, repairs, cleaning and controls are charged at 20%.
Listed building consent
For a listed property in Irvine, consent comes first: the council decides on the outdoor unit position, the pipe routes and any change to historic fabric. Conservation areas add their own limits on units facing a road. Scotland has its own permitted development rules for heat pumps and outdoor units, with stricter treatment of listed buildings and conservation areas. We check the current position for your property with you and, if needed, with the council.
The survey
The free survey is where the real price is set: room measurements, pipe and drain routes, electrical checks and the outdoor unit position, all written into your quote. At the survey we look at how each room is used, where the sun hits it and how the pipes can reach the outside wall, then put it all in a written quote.
What is included
Every job in Irvine includes:
- Drawings and product data for consent applications
- Free survey with features and fabric recorded
- Work started only once consent is in place
- Pressure test, vacuum and commissioning
- Careful routes that avoid cornicing and panelling
Nearby
If you are just outside Irvine, we also work in Kilwinning (3 miles), Saltcoats (5 miles) and Troon (5 miles). See all services in Irvine or air conditioning for period and listed homes across Ayrshire.