Hillfields grew up in the 1800s for the ribbon-weaving trade and was then partly rebuilt in the 1960s, so a single street can hold a solid-walled Victorian terrace, a council tower block and a modern student block. We know what each is likely to score before we arrive.
Yes. NextDay EPC provides accredited Energy Performance Certificates across Hillfields (CV1), covering the Victorian terraces around Paynes Lane and Berry Street, flats in the 1960s tower blocks and the many houses in multiple occupation let to Coventry University students. Next-day appointments are normally available, with the certificate lodged the same day.
Hillfields was Coventry's first true suburb, laid out from the 1820s for ribbon weavers whose terraces still run between Primrose Hill Park and the Swanswell. Highfield Road, where Coventry City played until 2005, is now housing too. Comprehensive redevelopment in the 1960s replaced whole streets with point blocks and low-rise flats, and the last twenty years have added purpose-built student accommodation along the ring road edge. The housing is therefore a patchwork of three very different construction eras.
The Victorian terraces are solid nine-inch brick with no cavity to fill, so unless external or internal wall insulation has been fitted they typically land at D or E, and an older combi boiler with no room thermostat pushes them lower. The 1960s flats fare better on wall loss because of shared walls, but many still run on electric storage heaters that were fitted before modern high-heat-retention models existed, which the assessor has to record as they find them. A cheap win in both cases is loft insulation topped up to 270mm and proper heating controls.
A large share of Hillfields is privately let to students and to families, so the MEES rules apply and a certificate below E already blocks a new tenancy. For an HMO we assess the whole house as one dwelling. If the property has been extended at the back, as many on Victoria Street and Harnall Lane have, tell us so the assessor allows time to measure the addition. Where a landlord has several houses within a few streets we can sequence them on the same morning.
We provide domestic EPCs, commercial EPCs and MEES consultancy in Hillfields. Certificates are priced by property size from 60, appointments are usually next day, and you pay on the day. See every area we cover in Coventry.
Paynes Lane, Harnall Lane, Victoria Street and the rest of Hillfields in CV1.
Yes. An HMO is assessed as a single dwelling covering every room, so the assessor needs access to all bedrooms, the kitchen and any loft hatch. Most landlords arrange a morning slot between tenancies; the certificate is lodged the same day.
Not necessarily. Flats in these blocks have neighbours on several sides, so their heat loss is low and many reach a D even on older storage heaters. Replacing them with modern high-heat-retention units, or adding a smart heating control, is the most effective single improvement.
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