Air conditioning for period and listed homes in Greater Manchester

Air conditioning for period and listed homes across Greater Manchester

If your Manchester home is listed or in a conservation area, consent comes first and we provide what the council needs to see. If your home in Manchester is Victorian, Edwardian or older, a console or concealed system often works better than a high wall unit. Damp North West weather makes the dehumidifying mode of a modern split system genuinely useful for much of the year.

Prices in Greater Manchester

Guide prices around Greater Manchester run from £1,545 to £7,545 per home, one room upwards including VAT. It is a touch below the UK middle, as trade rates in North West England tend to be. The biggest variables are the pipe route, access for the outdoor unit and the state of the consumer unit, all of which the survey settles. For reference, the Concealed option in Greater Manchester (ducted unit from a loft or void serving one or two rooms) usually comes to about £3,295–£5,195.

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

Period homes in Greater Manchester that are not listed can usually follow the normal rules for outdoor units, but listed buildings always need consent, and conservation areas restrict units on elevations facing a road. 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.

The survey

A survey in Greater Manchester usually takes one to two hours. We measure the rooms, check the walls and the consumer unit, agree the outdoor unit position with you and photograph the pipe routes. 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

Included with air conditioning for period and listed homes across Greater Manchester:

• Work started only once consent is in place
• Console or concealed ducted options
• Pressure test, vacuum and commissioning
• Free survey with features and fabric recorded
• Drawings and product data for consent applications
• Careful routes that avoid cornicing and panelling

Towns in Greater Manchester

Pick your town for local details, or see every service in Greater Manchester.

• Manchester
• Oldham
• Wigan
• Bolton
• Stockport
• Salford
• Rochdale
• Sale
• Bury
• Altrincham
• Middleton
• Ashton-under-Lyne
• Leigh
• Stretford
• Urmston
• Chadderton
• Eccles
• Tyldesley
• Hyde
• Walkden
• Prestwich
• Radcliffe
• Cheadle Hulme
• Heywood
• Denton
• Stalybridge
• Ashton in Makerfield
• Westhoughton
• Farnworth
• Saddleworth
• Hindley
• Golborne
• Droylsden
• Whitefield
• Swinton
• Royton
• Atherton
• Old Trafford
• Dukinfield