About Hive EPCs — Your Local EPC Assessors in Kent
Hive EPCs is a small, local team based in Herne Bay, providing domestic Energy Performance Certificates across Kent. We are not a national network or a call-centre panel selling a postcode to whoever happens to be nearest. When you contact Hive EPCs, you speak to the same people who will visit your property, carry out the assessment, and answer your questions afterwards.
Local, and Genuinely So — Since 2008
We have been carrying out EPC assessments across Kent since 2008. In that time we have completed over 20,000 surveys — in homes, flats, period cottages, new-builds, HMOs and everything in between, right across Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone, Ashford, Herne Bay and the whole of Thanet. Very few assessors in Kent can point to that combination of genuine local roots and sheer depth of experience.
That experience matters. It means we recognise the details that make a difference to your rating — the age of an extension, evidence of cavity wall insulation, a boiler’s true efficiency, a smart heating control — details that a rushed assessment can easily miss.
Trusted to Represent Kent’s Leading Names
Some of the biggest and most respected estate agents and solicitors in Kent refer their clients to us. They do so because when they send a client to Hive EPCs, that client is looked after — the certificate is accurate, the assessor is professional and presentable, and the whole experience reflects well on the firm that made the recommendation.
That trust is not given lightly, and we do not take it for granted. Every assessment we carry out is, in a sense, on behalf of the agent or solicitor who recommended us. We represent them as much as ourselves, and we always do our best to make sure their client is glad they called.
What Working With Hive EPCs Is Actually Like
We believe the quality of an EPC service shows in the details — the same details that show up in the certificate itself. So:
Thorough by Choice — Not a Box-Ticking Exercise
This is the real difference between us and much of the local competition. For many assessors, an EPC is simply a box to tick — arrive, do the minimum, produce the certificate, and move straight on to the next one. Speed is the priority, corners get cut, and accuracy is whatever the software happens to assume.
We work the other way round. We would rather spend the extra time, check the evidence, and get your rating right first time — because an accurate certificate can be worth real money to you. For a landlord targeting Band C ahead of the 2030 MEES deadline, the difference between an assumed rating and a properly evidenced one can be the difference between a simple heating-control upgrade and a five-figure insulation project.
That care is why we are a premium local service rather than the cheapest name on a search page. Yes, we are typically a little more than the box-tickers — but the clients who value getting it right, first time, by real local people they can actually reach afterwards, tell us it is worth every penny.
Accredited, Qualified and Insured
Hive EPCs is a Quidos-accredited domestic energy assessment company, working to the current RdSAP 10 methodology as standard. Our assessments are carried out by fully qualified, accredited and insured domestic energy assessors, and every certificate we produce is lodged on the official EPC Register.
Book With a Team That Gets It Right
If you want an EPC from a small, local, experienced Kent team — one that takes the time to be thorough, treats your home with respect, explains everything clearly, and is still there when you have a question — we would be glad to help.
EPC assessments across Kent from £80 + VAT, same-day certificate turnaround, Quidos-accredited. Call us on 01304 626457 or use our quote form.