Liverpool & surrounding postcodes
EPC Liverpool
Eco Futures carries out domestic Energy Performance Certificates across Liverpool and the whole L postcode area, including Bootle, Kirkby and Huyton under neighbouring councils. The city centre is about 27 miles from Preston in a straight line, well inside the 40 miles we cover.
The certificate costs £65 for a property with up to three bedrooms, paid online when you book, with nothing more to pay afterwards. An Elmhurst Energy accredited domestic energy assessor carries out the visit and lodges the certificate on the national EPC register.
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What it costs
£65 for up to 3 bedrooms.
Then £5 for each additional bedroom: £70 for a four-bed, £75 for a five-bed. Paid in full when you book, with nothing to pay on the day and no deposit.
Which L postcodes do you cover?
All of them, including the parts outside Liverpool City Council. L1 to L3 are the city centre and waterfront. L4 to L8 are the inner districts of Anfield, Walton, Kirkdale, Everton, Kensington, Edge Hill and Toxteth. L9 to L13 run north and east through Fazakerley, Norris Green, Croxteth, West Derby and Old Swan, with L9 and L10 also reaching into Sefton around Aintree and Netherton, and L10 touching Knowsley on the Kirkby edge. L15 to L19 cover Wavertree, Childwall, Aigburth, Mossley Hill, Allerton and Garston. L24 to L27 take in Speke, Woolton, Gateacre and Belle Vale, with L24, L25 and L26 also covering Halewood on the Knowsley side, and L14, L16 and L28 straddle the Knowsley boundary at Page Moss, Roby and Stockbridge Village. Knotty Ash itself sits wholly in Liverpool, on the city side of L14. L21 to L23, L29, L30 and L38 fall under Sefton, covering Litherland, Crosby, Netherton and Hightown. L20 for Bootle is split between Sefton and Liverpool, taking in Kirkdale on the Liverpool side, and L37 for Formby is Sefton with a rural fringe in West Lancashire. L32 to L36 all take in Knowsley, for Kirkby, Prescot, Whiston and Huyton, with Rainhill on the St Helens side of L35. L33 also reaches West Lancashire, L36 reaches into Liverpool, and L24 and L35 touch Halton. L31 for Maghull is Sefton with edges in Knowsley and West Lancashire. L39 for Ormskirk is West Lancashire, and L40 for Burscough is West Lancashire running into Chorley around Croston and Mawdesley. The Wirral across the river is CH rather than L, and we cover that too, out to CH64 at about 35 miles from Preston. Every district named here sits inside the 40 mile radius, so the council on the address decides nothing.
What Liverpool's housing means for an EPC
The Census figures here are for the Liverpool City Council area, which is narrower than the L postcode area. The 2021 Census records 37.9% of the city's households in terraced houses, 30.7% in semi-detached houses and only 8.2% in detached houses, so more than two thirds of households live in a terrace or a semi. The fee follows the number of bedrooms rather than the type of house.
The same Census records bedroom counts for that area, and bedrooms are what set the fee. 12.0% of Liverpool households have one bedroom, 25.9% have two and 47.6% have three, which puts 85.5% of the city's households inside the £65 band for up to three bedrooms. The remaining 14.5% have four or more, where the fee rises by £5 a bedroom to a ceiling of ten bedrooms, so a four-bedroom home is £70 and a five-bedroom home is £75.
Flats are a bigger share of the city than the house types alone suggest. 17.2% of households are in a purpose-built block of flats or tenement, 3.9% are part of a converted or shared house including bedsits, 1.3% are part of another converted building such as a former school, church or warehouse, and 0.9% are in a commercial building, for example over a shop. Together that is 23.3% of households. Heating is far more uniform: 77.8% of Liverpool households have mains gas central heating only, 9.8% have electric only, 0.5% are on a district or communal heat network and 2.3% have none at all.
Owning and renting are close to evenly balanced. Liverpool is 46.8% owner-occupied, split almost evenly between 24.3% owned outright and 22.5% with a mortgage. 26.4% of households are social rented, 21.9% of all households renting from a housing association or other social landlord and only 4.5% from the council. A further 26.1% are private rented.
Housing mix and tenure figures: ONS Census 2021, tables TS044 and TS054, Liverpool local authority.
Why Liverpool households book an EPC
Letting a house or flat
26.1% of Liverpool households rent privately, and 24.1% rent from a private landlord or letting agency. Landlords and agents order online by bedroom count and pay in full by card at booking.
Selling a terrace or semi
More than two thirds of households in the city are in a terrace or a semi. Where no valid certificate is already available for the building, the 2012 regulations require one to be commissioned before the building is put on the market.
Housing associations and agents
21.9% of Liverpool households rent from a housing association or other social landlord, against 4.5% renting from the council. Registered providers and agents order online in the same way, one property at a time, and every certificate is lodged on the national register.
Bringing the register up to date
A certificate stops being the valid one for a building once a later certificate for that same building is entered on the register. Ordering a fresh one costs the same £65 for up to three bedrooms.
EPCs in Liverpool, answered
- Is a city-centre apartment priced the same as a house?
- Yes, the price is set by bedroom count and nothing else. £65 covers up to three bedrooms, then £5 for each extra bedroom. A one-bedroom apartment in L1 and a three-bedroom semi in West Derby are both £65, paid by card at booking. If the certificate cannot be completed you get a full refund.
- I am in Kirkby, Huyton or Bootle. Is that still Liverpool as far as you are concerned?
- Yes. Those are L postcodes under Knowsley and Sefton rather than Liverpool City Council, and the council on the address changes nothing about the booking. We cover anywhere within 40 miles of Preston in a straight line, and the furthest L district, L24 for Speke and Hale, is about 29 miles out.
- The house I am selling already has an EPC from a previous owner. Can I use it?
- Under the 2012 regulations it is valid if it was entered on the register no more than ten years before it is made available and no other certificate for the building has been entered since. The certificate attaches to the building rather than to the owner, so check the register date before paying for a new one.
- Who carries out the assessment, and where does the certificate end up?
- An Elmhurst Energy accredited domestic energy assessor, accreditation number EES/035222. Eco Futures is also TrustMark registered and an ECMK member, and is the trading name of ECOFUTURESGB LTD, company 15782816. The certificate is lodged on the national EPC register and the link is sent to you.
- I rent from a housing association. Should I be booking this?
- No. Pass the request to your housing officer or letting agent, and they will arrange the certificate for the property. Landlords, registered providers and agents book online in the usual way, and once the order is paid we phone to confirm a date.
- How quickly can you come, and when do I get the certificate?
- We aim to book the visit within 24 hours of your order. After paying you choose preferred dates on the site and we phone to confirm. The assessment takes about 45 minutes for a typical terrace, semi or flat, longer for a large detached house. Once lodged on the national register, the link is emailed to you within 2 to 24 hours.
Book your Liverpool EPC
Order online in a couple of minutes, or call and we will take the details over the phone. Either way the certificate is lodged on the national register and emailed to you.