Kennington is minutes from our Stockwell patch, so short-notice and evening appointments are usually straightforward. Accredited assessment, certificate lodged on the government register usually within 48 hours, and a real person on the phone to arrange a time.
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Kennington is Georgian terrace to a degree that little else in South London matches — long, flat-fronted, tightly controlled streets, a large share of it on the Duchy of Cornwall estate and much of it in conservation area. Around and between it sit substantial post-war Lambeth estates and, more recently, new-build infill.
Georgian mid-terraces commonly land at D, and end-terraces at E. Recent flats in the same postcode typically reach B or C.
The things worth knowing before an assessor turns up at a Kennington address.
A Georgian mid-terrace has two party walls against heated neighbours, which removes a great deal of exposed surface. It is the reason these houses often rate better than their solid walls and single glazing would suggest. End-of-terrace houses in the same street, with a whole extra exposed wall, routinely come out a band lower.
On much of the estate you cannot change the windows, and you certainly cannot touch the front elevation. That rules out the two improvements a generic report would lead with. Secondary glazing, loft insulation and heating controls are what is actually available, and a certificate that recommends anything else is not much use to you.
Recent flats a few streets away routinely reach B, against D or E for the Georgian stock. Same postcode, opposite ends of the scale. It is worth knowing which you are buying or letting, because the running costs behind those letters are genuinely different rather than a technicality.
The minimum rating a landlord must hold rises from E to C — 2028 for new tenancies, October 2030 for the rest. What that means depends heavily on what you own, and Kennington is a specific case.
Period Kennington houses are widely let, and the constraint here is planning rather than money. Establish early which improvements are permitted on your particular property — on the Duchy estate the honest answer is often that the window upgrade everyone reaches for first is simply not available.
Full timeline, the £10,000 spending cap, and what is happening to the A–G rating itself: the rules, set out plainly — or the complete landlord guide: MEES and the EPC rules every UK landlord needs to know.
Yes, and often you have no choice. Loft insulation to a proper depth, a modern boiler with room and cylinder controls, draught-proofing the existing sashes, and secondary glazing where it is permitted, will together move a rating meaningfully. They will rarely produce an A or a B in a solid-walled Georgian house, and anyone promising that is guessing.
£69 for a home with up to three bedrooms, and £89 for four or five. That is the whole price — no call-out fee, no lodgement fee, nothing added afterwards.
Kennington is inside our regular patch, so we can usually offer a slot within a few days, including evenings and Saturday mornings. We ring you the same working day you book to fix the exact time.
From £69, lodged within 48 hours of the visit. One free reschedule any time before we survey.
