Retrofit has so many advantages, from cutting your energy bills and your carbon footprint, to improving comfort, to improving the health and wellbeing of your home and its occupants. But it can feel a bit daunting – so where do you start?

With a thorough assessment of your property carried out by an independent, impartial retrofit expert from Future Ready Homes. Future Ready Homes is the retrofit advice service of long-established Shrewsbury charity Marches Energy Advice.

If you live in Herefordshire and are funding your own retrofit works, you can apply for our retrofit support package. The usual cost is £900 +VAT but thanks to funding from the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme we are offering it on a ‘choose what you pay basis’. For Telford & Shropshire our allocation is full for now, please email tony.baker@mea.org.uk with your name and address to be put on our waiting list.

A retrofit surveyor will visit your home to talk through your individual priorities and wishes, and to assess your options. The visit will involve an analysis of the thermal performance of your home. Depending on the type of property and nature of your objectives, the survey may include thermal imaging, air tightness testing and/or temperature and relative humidity monitoring. These are also subject to suitable weather conditions. You will have ample opportunity to get to know your home better and understand what is achievable in your retrofit project.

The visit will be followed up with a summary of recommendations for energy efficiency improvements to make in your home, in manageable stages. We will signpost you to local contractors and installers. You and your contractor will be able to access our technical panel of experts with any questions you may have. And the Future Ready Homes team will be here to support you through your project. 

Choose what you pay

Once you have had your survey and received your report you will be able to choose what you pay:

• £0
• £100 + VAT
• £250 + VAT
• £900 + VAT

Apply now

Applying doesn’t commit you to anything — it simply helps us understand your home and whether this support is right for you.

Herefordshire

Waiting list

For Telford & Shropshire our allocation is full for now, please email tony.baker@mea.org.uk with your name and address to be put on our waiting list.

“We wanted to pass on our thanks. If it wasn’t for the report, we would have delayed taking action and probably wasted a lot of money on unsuitable measures.”