Air Source Heat Pumps Sutton Coldfield
Stop flinching at the January heating bill.
Air source heat pumps for Sutton Coldfield homes, from Boldmere and Wylde Green to the large detached houses of Four Oaks and Little Aston. We survey first, fix the price in writing and claim the grant for you.
- £7,500 grant claimed for you
- Fixed written price after a survey
- Our own engineers, no subcontractors
Get your free heat pump quote in Sutton Coldfield
On oil or LPG with no mains gas? The grant is £9,000 until 31 March 2027.
Government help with the cost of a heat pump in Sutton Coldfield
See everything available in Sutton ColdfieldThe Boiler Upgrade Scheme takes £7,500 off an air source heat pump. We apply, and it comes straight off your price.
Homes with no mains gas that heat with oil or LPG get £9,000, until 31 March 2027.
Government-subsidised Warm Homes loans for heat pumps. You need an MCS certified installer, which we are.
About 1 in 7 homes in Birmingham is in fuel poverty.
Sutton Coldfield shares Birmingham's council figures, but its housing is different: larger, detached and often older. A few homes on the northern fringe towards Little Aston and Roughley still heat with oil or LPG, where the grant is £9,000.
In Birmingham, 14.4% of homes have no mains gas connection and 13.8% of households are in fuel poverty. Across England the figures are 15.6% and 9.9%.
Sources: DESNZ households not connected to the gas network and sub-regional fuel poverty data (both 2024). Figures are for the Birmingham City Council area, which includes Sutton Coldfield.
Will a heat pump work in your Sutton Coldfield home?
Homes around Sutton Coldfield are not all equally suited to a heat pump. Here is the honest picture by property type, before anyone gives you a price.
Detached homes in Four Oaks and Little Aston
Plenty of room for the outdoor unit and a cylinder. Larger homes sometimes suit two units, which the rules now allow on a detached house.
Interwar semis in Boldmere and Wylde Green
Cavity walls, a side passage and loft space for a cylinder. Straightforward to convert.
Homes in Walmley and Minworth
Post-war and modern houses that are usually insulated well enough to need few radiator changes.
Oil and LPG homes on the fringe
Around Roughley and Little Aston some homes have no mains gas. These qualify for the £9,000 grant until 31 March 2027.
Four Oaks Estate and the old town
Parts are conservation areas, where a unit on a wall facing the road usually needs permission. We check your street first.
Edwardian homes with solid walls
They heat well with the right design, but the survey matters more. Expect some larger radiators.
MCS certified heat pump installers in Sutton Coldfield
Heat pumps go wrong when they are sized from a photo by someone who never returns. We are a West Midlands business with a unit in West Bromwich, the same team that already fits air conditioning across the West Midlands, and we measure your home before we price it.
- MCS certified, which is what lets us claim the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant for you.
- A room-by-room heat loss survey before any price, so the system is sized for your house.
- You know which radiators change, if any, before you commit.
- Our own engineers. Nobody is subcontracted, so the people who survey are the people who fit.
- We stay on call. If something needs looking at, you ring the people who fitted it.
Heat pump installation and upgrades in Sutton Coldfield
Air source heat pumps
Replacing gas, oil, LPG or electric heating, designed from a full heat loss survey.Cylinders and radiators
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For flats and single rooms where a full system does not fit.How much comes off your price?
Tap how you heat your home now. The grant is taken off your quote. You never pay it up front and claim it back.
Gas boiler homes get the standard £7,500 grant. If you cap the gas supply afterwards, you also stop paying the gas standing charge.
Boiler Upgrade Scheme, England and Wales, open until 31 December 2027. The bar shows the grant against an example £12,400 system for a typical 3-bed semi. Your price is fixed in writing after your survey.
When a heat pump is the wrong choice.
We would rather lose a job than fit a system that leaves you cold. If any of these apply to your home, we will tell you at the survey.
- Very poor insulation with no plan to improve it. We will tell you what to fix first, and it may be cheap.
- Nowhere sensible for the outdoor unit, or a spot too close to a neighbour’s window.
- No room for a hot water cylinder and no way to make some.
- A small flat on a cheap gas tariff, where the saving would be too small to be worth it.
Heat pump grants and loans for Sutton Coldfield homes
What is really available in Sutton Coldfield right now, with the catches left in.
Boiler Upgrade Scheme
£7,500 off an air source heat pump, or £9,000 for oil and LPG homes with no mains gas until 31 March 2027. We apply for you.
Warm Homes Loan Scheme
Government-subsidised loans of up to £20,000 for a heat pump. You apply to a participating lender, and the work must be done by an MCS certified installer, which we are.
Warm Homes: Local Grant
Free upgrades for lower-income homes, with councils appointing their own installers. For Sutton Coldfield it is run by Birmingham City Council, and limited to six wards elsewhere in the city (Balsall Heath, Bromford, Castle Vale, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, and Tyseley and Hay Mills), so most Sutton Coldfield homes will not qualify. If you might qualify, we will tell you before we quote.
0% VAT
Heat pump installation carries 0% VAT until 31 March 2027, so there is no VAT on the unit, the cylinder or the labour.
We do not offer or arrange Warm Homes loans ourselves, and we will only ever point you to genuine participating lenders. Scheme details checked October 2026 and can change.
See what your home qualifies for. We handle the grant paperwork.
Get a free quote or call 0121 820 9121A quote without a survey is a guess.
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Free heat loss survey
Every room measured, plus insulation, radiators and where the unit can go.
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Design and fixed price
Which radiators change, if any, and one price with the grant taken off.
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We claim the grant
We apply for your voucher. You fill in no government forms.
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Fitted in about three days
You know what happens each day, and we leave the house clean.
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Set up and looked after
Commissioned, controls explained, warranty registered.
Planning permission for heat pumps in Sutton Coldfield
Most homes no longer need planning permission for an air source heat pump. The rules in England were relaxed on 29 May 2025, and many people still assume the old ones apply.
Parts of Four Oaks and the old town are conservation areas, where a unit on a wall or roof facing the road generally needs permission. Listed buildings always need consent. We check your address before we quote.
- No minimum distance from the boundary. The old one metre rule has gone.
- Units up to 1.5 cubic metres, up from 0.6, so modern quiet units are covered.
- Two units on a detached house, where one is not enough.
- A noise test still applies. The install must pass a calculation at your neighbour’s nearest window, and we do it before we quote.
£7,500 off, claimed for you. Sutton Coldfield surveys booking now.
The £7,500 grant runs to 31 December 2027. Homes on oil or LPG with no mains gas get £9,000, but only until 31 March 2027.
Areas we cover in and around Sutton Coldfield
We fit air source heat pumps across Sutton Coldfield postcodes B72 to B76, including Four Oaks, Mere Green, Wylde Green and the places below.
- Four Oaks
- Mere Green
- Wylde Green
- Boldmere
- Walmley
- Minworth
- Reddicap
- Roughley
- Little Aston
- Streetly
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Heat pumps nearby: Birmingham, Lichfield, Tamworth, Walsall, Solihull. Also in Sutton Coldfield: solar panels and air conditioning.
Air source heat pumps Sutton Coldfield: your questions answered
Usually not. Since 29 May 2025 an air source heat pump on a house in England is normally permitted development: there is no minimum distance from the boundary, the unit can be up to 1.5 cubic metres, and a detached house can have two. It must pass a noise calculation at your neighbour's nearest window. Listed buildings always need consent, and in conservation areas a unit on a wall or roof facing the road generally needs permission. Parts of Four Oaks and the old town are conservation areas. We check the rules for your address before we quote.
Often, yes, but not always. A room-by-room heat loss survey tells us the size the house needs. Since May 2025 a detached house can have two outdoor units under permitted development, which suits some of the larger homes in Four Oaks and Little Aston. We design it properly instead of guessing from the floor area.
Yes. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme gives £7,500 off an air source heat pump, or £9,000 for homes with no mains gas that heat with oil or LPG until 31 March 2027. We apply for it and it comes straight off your price. The work also carries 0% VAT until 31 March 2027. Separately, the council-run Warm Homes: Local Grant offers free upgrades to lower-income homes, and for Sutton Coldfield it is run by Birmingham City Council, and limited to six wards elsewhere in the city (Balsall Heath, Bromford, Castle Vale, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, and Tyseley and Hay Mills), so most Sutton Coldfield homes will not qualify.
As a guide, a system for a typical 3-bed semi is around £12,400 fitted, which is about £4,900 after the £7,500 grant. Larger or older homes cost more, and well insulated ones can cost less. Your price is fixed in writing after a free heat loss survey, with the grant already taken off.
Sometimes, a few. Heat pumps run at lower water temperatures, so some rooms may need a larger radiator. Your survey report tells you exactly which radiators change, if any, before you commit.
Most installs take around three days. You have heating and hot water for most of that time, and we tell you what happens on each day before we start.
All Sutton Coldfield postcodes (B72 to B76), including Four Oaks, Mere Green, Wylde Green, Boldmere, Walmley, Minworth, Reddicap, Roughley, Little Aston and Streetly. We also cover Birmingham, Lichfield, Tamworth, Walsall and Solihull.
Find out what a heat pump would cost for your Sutton Coldfield home.
A free survey, a written design and a fixed price with the grant taken off. If a heat pump is wrong for your house, we will tell you.