EPC in Birmingham: for landlords, agents and portfolios

EPC assessors covering Birmingham

We travel into Birmingham from Coventry, so our work in the city leans towards landlords, letting agents and organisations with more than one property to assess. Booking several together keeps the cost down and means one team, one standard and one set of records across your portfolio.

Single properties are welcome too. Tell us the postcode and we will tell you when we can be there.

Birmingham's housing, and what to expect

• Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Selly Oak, Sparkhill, Small Heath, Handsworth and Erdington. Solid walls and, in the student areas, a great many shared houses.
• Interwar suburbs such as Hall Green, Acocks Green and Kings Heath, with their bay-fronted semis and terraces. Some have cavity walls and some do not, so the wall has to be checked, never assumed.
• Post-war and system-built housing, including tower blocks and maisonettes on the outer estates.
• City centre apartments in the Jewellery Quarter, Digbeth and around Broad Street. Mostly electrically heated, where the type of heating and hot water system makes a large difference to the rating.
• Period and protected homes in Edgbaston, Moseley, Harborne and Bournville.

Licensing in Birmingham

If you let property in Birmingham, the EPC is only one of the documents you need in order.

• Selective licensing has applied to privately rented homes in 25 of Birmingham's 69 wards since 5 June 2023. A licence costs £700 and lasts up to five years.
• HMOs need a licence of their own, under either the national mandatory scheme or the city's additional licensing scheme.
• Letting without a licence can bring a civil penalty of up to £40,000, prosecution with an unlimited fine, and a rent repayment order.

The council's website has a checker for both schemes. Licensing is separate from the EPC rules, but the two travel together: a property you are licensing must be band E or better today, and the equivalent of band C by 1 October 2030. Our landlord guide sets out what that involves.

What we do in Birmingham

• Energy Performance Certificates for homes being sold or let
• Landlord EPCs for single lets, HMOs and portfolios
• Commercial EPCs for shops, offices and industrial units
• Retrofit assessments and retrofit coordination under PAS 2035
• Energy advice and measured floor plans

Sources: Birmingham City Council selective licensing pages (updated June 2026); GOV.UK guidance on Energy Performance Certificates and the minimum energy efficiency standard. Reviewed October 2026. General guidance, not legal advice.