How Hive EPCs Helps You Maximise Your Rating

At Hive EPCs, we understand that achieving the best possible Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is crucial—whether you’re selling your home, letting a property, or simply aiming to improve energy efficiency. That’s why we go above and beyond to help our clients in South East Kent and surrounding areas accurately reflect the energy-saving features of their properties.

Why Your EPC Rating Matters

An EPC doesn’t just provide a score—it impacts property value, marketability, and eligibility for energy grants or mortgage products. A better rating can mean lower energy bills and a more appealing property for potential buyers or tenants.

How to include as much as possible in your EPC

Getting the best possible rating is all about evidence. The EPC assessment is a standardised and strictly audited process, and assessors can only include features that are visually confirmed or backed by acceptable documentation. At Hive EPCs, we pride ourselves on being thorough, diligent, and customer-focused.

Visual Inspection: The Gold Standard

The most straightforward way to ensure every energy-saving feature is included in your EPC is to allow visual access to all relevant elements during the inspection. This includes:

• Loft insulation
• Cavity or solid wall insulation
• Floor and roof insulation
• High-efficiency heating systems
• Double or triple glazing
• Renewable technologies (e.g., solar panels, heat pumps)

If these features are clearly visible and accessible, we can confidently include them in the EPC calculation.

Local Building Control Records

Where visual inspection is not possible, we can often support our findings using data from local authority building control registers. We take the time to research your property history to uncover any official sign-offs that confirm insulation works or energy-efficient upgrades.

Documentary Evidence: Accepted Proofs

If neither visual inspection nor building control records are available, we can still include features if you provide accepted forms of documentary evidence, including:

• Installation certificates
• Product warranties or guarantees
• Building control sign-off documents (with explanatory details)
• Official letters from a Registered Social Landlord (RSL) confirming upgrades

For insulation measures (e.g., solid wall, floor, or flat roof insulation), we recommend that photos are:

• Taken during installation
• Show a measuring tape or ruler against the exposed cross section
• Clearly display thickness and area of coverage
• Include metadata (date, time, and geolocation stamp)

Our professional assessors will review all submissions thoroughly. In some cases, evidence must be reviewed and authorised by our EPC accreditation body before we can lodge it officially.

A Professional and Customer-Focused Approach

At Hive EPCs, we don’t just tick boxes – we work with you to ensure your property’s true energy efficiency is recognised. We:

• Don’t cut corners – every assessment is carried out thoroughly
• Use the latest RdSAP 10 standards for better accuracy
• Provide guidance on small upgrades that could improve your EPC
• Trusted by homeowners, estate agents, and landlords in and around Canterbury

👉 Call us now on 01304 626457 or use our online booking form to get started.