Domestic & Commercial Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) Great Yarmouth
We provide EPCs in Great Yarmouth and across Norfolk for both Domestic and Commercial properties. A valid EPC is required to be in place before the sale or rental of your property. The EPC survey itself is entirely non intrusive and won't damage the building in any way. Once the survey is complete the EPC report will be produced, which gives the building an Energy Performance Rating rating on a scale from A to G.
For most rental properties an EPC rating of E or better is required, in compliance with the Minimum Energy Efficiency (MEES) legislations of 2018. For properties for sale, MEES legislation does not yet apply, however an ever increasing number of financial institutions require properties to demonstrate they would be MEES compliant before agreeing mortgage funding.
Across Great Yarmouth, the most common domestic EPC band is C, with 51% of homes rated C or above and an average energy-efficiency score of 66 out of 100. Commercial properties in the wider Great Yarmouth area have an average rating of C 70 (UK average D 77).
There is real room to improve: the average Great Yarmouth home could raise its score by about 17 points, and 73% could improve by 10 points or more. The average home here emits roughly 3.5 tonnes of CO₂ a year.
Around 60% of homes in Great Yarmouth are owner-occupied and 24% are privately rented. About 58% are houses and 20% flats, and 67% are heated by mains gas. On the fabric, 85% have insulated cavity walls and 94% are fully double-glazed or better.
Letting a property in Great Yarmouth? About 53% of privately rented homes here are rated below an EPC C, the level the government has proposed as a future minimum for rented homes, and 1% are rated F or G, below the EPC E minimum needed to let a home today. We can carry out the EPC and advise on the most cost-effective way to improve the rating.
New-build makes up about 9% of certificates in Great Yarmouth, averaging a band B. New builds need a SAP calculation and an as-built EPC, both of which we provide.
These figures are from analysis of the 23,865 currently valid domestic EPCs for Great Yarmouth in the publicly available government data set, covering certificates lodged in the ten years to 2026-08-16 (one per property, its latest). Values are medians/averages from the source data.
EPC statistics on this page are derived from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) Energy Performance of Buildings Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Easy EPC also provides these property services in Great Yarmouth: Domestic EPC, Commercial EPC, EICR electrical reports, Gas Safety Certificates, Fire Risk Assessments, SAP calculations, SBEM and BRUKL reports, Display Energy Certificates, asbestos surveys, air tightness testing, sound insulation testing and legionella risk assessments.
See how Great Yarmouth compares in our full domestic and commercial EPC statistics for England and Wales.
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EPC ratings by postcode area in Great Yarmouth
Within Great Yarmouth, NR31 has the highest share of homes rated C or above (61%) and NR29 the lowest (30%). Older housing usually explains the gap, and it is where an EPC most often finds cheap improvements.
| Postcode area | Homes assessed | Most common band | Rated C or above |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR31 | 11,140 | C | 61% |
| NR30 | 8,642 | C | 51% |
| NR29 | 5,595 | D | 30% |
Currently valid domestic EPCs, one per property, lodged in the ten years to 2026-08-16. Postcode areas with fewer than 100 assessed homes are not shown.
What EPCs in Great Yarmouth most often recommend
Every EPC lists the improvements that would raise the home's rating. Across 23,865 valid certificates in Great Yarmouth, the typical home is rated C 69 and could reach B 83 with the measures its EPC recommends. The most frequent are:
- Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp — recommended on 72% of Great Yarmouth EPCs, typically £3,500 - £5,500.
- Solar water heating — recommended on 65% of Great Yarmouth EPCs, typically £4,000 - £6,000.
- Floor insulation (solid floor) — recommended on 44% of Great Yarmouth EPCs, typically £4,000 - £6,000.
- 50 mm internal or external wall insulation — recommended on 29% of Great Yarmouth EPCs, typically £4,000 - £14,000.
- Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets — recommended on 26% of Great Yarmouth EPCs, typically £15.
- Floor insulation (suspended floor) — recommended on 20% of Great Yarmouth EPCs, typically £800 - £1,200.
For landlords the list matters: 53% of privately rented homes in Great Yarmouth are currently below band C, the minimum for new tenancies from 1 October 2030. Your EPC's own recommendations are the starting point for the plan.
Cost ranges are the register's indicative figures, not quotes. Book an EPC in Great Yarmouth and the certificate will list the measures for your home.
For properties for which we have produced an EPC in Great Yarmouth, if shown not to meet MEES targets, we can then provide tailored advice on the least disruptive and most cost effective ways to improve the building to achieve the targeted rating. We are happy to provide more in depth MEES advice, including on MEES Exemptions so please Contact Us for more information.
Wondering what actually moves a home's rating? Our EPC ratings explained guide includes an interactive explorer built on real RdSAP calculations: pick a home like yours and watch the certificate respond. Or answer three questions on our EPC calculator for an instant estimate.