Warrington & surrounding postcodes
EPC Warrington
Eco Futures provides domestic Energy Performance Certificates in Warrington and across the WA postcode area, for anyone selling a house, letting one, or replacing an old certificate after improvement work. The fee is £65 for a home with up to three bedrooms, paid online when you book, with no deposit and nothing to pay on the day.
Warrington is about 26 miles from Preston, the point our 40-mile coverage is measured from, so the whole town sits well inside it. The visit is carried out by an Elmhurst Energy accredited domestic energy assessor who is also TrustMark registered, and the finished certificate is entered on the national EPC register. Under the 2012 energy performance regulations that entry counts as valid for ten years, unless a newer certificate replaces it.
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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.
Warrington postcode districts we cover
The districts covering Warrington town itself are WA1 to WA5, and all of them are covered, though several run past the borough boundary and parts of the borough sit in other WA districts. WA1 is the town centre with Bewsey and Whitecross, Fairfield and Howley, Poulton North and South, and Rixton and Woolston. WA2 covers Orford, Poplars and Hulme, and Burtonwood and Winwick, with a strip running into St Helens at Newton-le-Willows. WA3 is Birchwood, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, and it crosses into Wigan borough at Lowton and Golborne, into St Helens at Haydock and Newton-le-Willows, and into Salford at Cadishead and Lower Irlam. WA4 runs south of the Mersey through Latchford, Stockton Heath, Appleton, Grappenhall, Thelwall and Lymm, with part of it in Halton around Daresbury, Moore and Preston Brook, and Antrobus under Cheshire West and Chester. WA5 is Great Sankey, Whittle Hall, Chapelford, Westbrook and Penketh, with Bold falling in St Helens. The wider WA area reaches well beyond the borough. WA6 to WA8 are Frodsham, Runcorn and Widnes. WA9 to WA12 are St Helens, Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford, with WA11 running north into West Lancashire and WA12 into Wigan borough at Golborne and Lowton. WA13 to WA16 run out through Altrincham, Hale and Knutsford under Trafford, Manchester, Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester, with WA13 also reaching back into Warrington at Lymm and Thelwall. Every one of those districts sits inside our 40-mile range from Preston, so the council never changes the answer.
Warrington’s housing and what it means for the rating
The Census figures here are for Warrington borough, which takes in Lymm, Culcheth, Birchwood and Great Sankey as well as the town itself. The 2021 Census records 40.3% of households in semi-detached houses and 24.6% in detached houses, with terraces at 22.8% and purpose-built flats at 10.3%. Nearly two-thirds of homes are semis or detached, a different shape of town from Preston, where terraces are 29.2% and detached houses 19.0%.
On those numbers a semi-detached house is the most likely Warrington assessment. The 2021 Census puts 45.3% of Warrington households in a three-bedroom home, 23.5% in a two-bedroom home and 9.3% in a one-bedroom home, so 78.1% sit at three bedrooms or fewer.
The 24.6% detached share is where bedroom count comes in. Our fee follows bedrooms: £65 covers up to three, then £5 for each extra, so a four-bedroom detached house in Appleton, Grappenhall or Lymm is £70 and a five-bedroom house is £75. A visit takes about 45 minutes for a typical property and longer for a large detached house.
Flats are a smaller part of the picture. 10.3% of households live in a purpose-built block and only 1.3% in a converted or shared house, against 5.6% in Blackpool. Tenure explains who books. Warrington is 68.7% owner-occupied, split almost evenly between outright owners at 35.3% and mortgage holders at 33.4%, with 15.2% private rented and 15.3% social rented. Within those, 13.5% rent from a private landlord or letting agency and 9.8% from a housing association or other social landlord. That points to sales rather than lettings as the usual reason for a certificate.
Housing mix and tenure figures: ONS Census 2021, tables TS044 and TS054, Warrington local authority.
Why Warrington homes need an EPC
Selling a semi or a detached house
The 2012 regulations require a certificate to be commissioned before a home goes on the market, and with semis and detached houses making up nearly two-thirds of Warrington’s stock, that is where most certificates are needed.
Starting a new tenancy
A landlord needs a valid certificate before a tenancy begins, and under the 2015 private rented property regulations a home whose certificate sits below band E cannot be let unless an exemption is registered. 15.2% of Warrington households rent privately.
Improvement work already done
A new boiler, replacement windows, topped-up loft insulation or solar panels all change the rating, but the register keeps showing the old certificate until a new assessment is lodged.
Housing association re-lets and shared ownership
15.3% of Warrington households are social renters and 0.8% are in shared ownership. A valid certificate has to be in place each time one is let again, and a shared ownership resale needs one like any other sale.
EPCs in Warrington, answered
- My house in Appleton has four bedrooms. What will the EPC cost?
- £70. The fee is £65 for up to three bedrooms and £5 for each bedroom above that, so a five-bedroom house is £75, capped at ten bedrooms. You pay the full amount by card when you book and there is nothing to pay afterwards. If the certificate cannot be completed you get a full refund, and there is a 14-day right to cancel.
- My postcode is WA4 but my council tax goes to Halton. Are you still able to come?
- Yes. Coverage is worked out by distance from Preston, not by council area, and every WA district sits inside our 40-mile range. WA4 shows how the boundaries wander: Stockton Heath, Appleton and Lymm are Warrington, but Daresbury, Moore and Preston Brook are Halton. The order form asks for the house number or name and the postcode, and it tells you whether you are covered.
- How far is Warrington from Preston, and how soon can the visit happen?
- The centre of Warrington is around 26 miles from Preston. After you pay you pick preferred dates on the site and we phone to confirm a slot. We aim to have the visit booked within 24 hours of the order, and the certificate link normally comes back within 2 to 24 hours of lodgement.
- What heats most homes in Warrington?
- Mains gas, by a long way. The 2021 Census records 83.9% of Warrington households on mains gas only and 5.3% on electric only, with 1.1% having no central heating at all and another 7.4% on two or more types. The heating type makes no difference to what you pay, because the fee follows bedroom count alone.
- I am selling a flat in a purpose-built block. Does the block need an EPC or just my flat?
- Just your flat. The 2012 regulations define a building unit as a section, floor or apartment within a building that is designed or altered to be used separately, and regulation 9(4) covers how building units are certified. Purpose-built blocks are 10.3% of Warrington households in the 2021 Census. If the block has communal heating rather than a boiler inside the flat, mention it when we phone to confirm the date. Census 2021 puts 0.2% of Warrington households on a district or communal heat network only.
- I let a terraced house in Warrington. What band does it need to reach?
- An EPC has no pass mark of its own, but the 2015 private rented property regulations stop a landlord letting a home whose certificate sits below band E unless an exemption is registered. If the property falls short, the certificate lists the improvements that would lift it, and a fresh assessment after the work records the new band. Terraces are 22.8% of Warrington’s stock, a smaller share than Preston’s 29.2%.
Book your Warrington 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.