Ecofurb x Green Homes Wales

What is an Ecofurb Plan?

An Ecofurb Plan includes a full home survey and energy assessment by a Retrofit Assessor, and home energy efficiency retrofit recommendations created by a qualified, Trustmark-approved Retrofit Coordinator.

This enables you to put together a detailed and reliable plan for your energy efficiency home upgrade with expert, independent advice tailored to your home, your priorities and your budget.

Ecofurb Plans are free for all Green Homes Wales recipients. There are, however, some extras you may choose to include for additional cost, such as:

Matterport 360° scan & drone photography of home
Borescope survey (cavity wall insulation check)
Air tightness test
Additional annexe

Prices for each of these extras can be found below.

What do you get with an Ecofurb Plan, as part of the Green Homes Wales scheme?

No matter the size of your house, all Ecofurb Plans under the Green Homes Wales scheme contain the same level of detail to help you achieve your energy-efficiency goals for your home, including:

Full home survey by a qualified Retrofit Assessor.
Customised report with tailored retrofit advice (download a sample plan here)
Phased roadmap of energy efficiency measures.
30-minute consultation with a qualified Retrofit Coordinator.
Ongoing support for installing retrofit measures (terms apply).

If you go ahead with an Ecofurb Plan, Ecofurb’s Retrofit Coordinators will prepare a detailed plan for your home energy efficiency upgrade. This takes into account your budget, your priorities, and all the relevant options for your home specifically.

They will also recommend in what order each measure should be installed, so you can plan work over time without the risk of having to re-work early installations.

Next, the Retrofit Coordinator will offer you a 30-minute consultation to talk through the detail, so can be confident that your plan will help you achieve your energy efficiency goals.

Finally, you can get a quote from our third party installers for each measure (subject to installer availability in your area), and get free independent retrofit coordination support for your project from start to finish.

What differs from a regular Ecofurb Plan?

Ecofurb Plans available for free under the Green Homes Wales scheme do not include the Matterport survey, a 360° scan & drone photography of your home.

However, you can purchase the Matterport survey as an additional extra. The price for the Matterport Survey is based on how many bedrooms your home has:

1-2 bedrooms: £145 (inc. VAT)
3-4 bedrooms: £245 (inc. VAT)
5-6 bedrooms: £345 (inc. VAT)
7+ bedrooms: get in touch with us for a quote

Typically, rooms upstairs that could be used for sleeping are classed as bedrooms. This includes rooms being used as studies/offices and loft conversions. Think about how an estate agent would describe your property in terms of number of bedrooms.

A Matterport survey would be helpful if your home is large/complex/heritage, or if you are likely to install works under phases 2/3 of the Green Homes Wales scheme.

What is a Matterport survey?

A Matterport survey involves taking measurements and photographs of your home to produce a virtual tour recording using 360° and drone photography (useful for solar installations). The data we can draw from a Matterport survey supports detailed whole house advice from the Retrofit Coordinator, as well as quotes/measurements for installers.

Why book a Matterport survey?

1) It can save you time and money in installer communication

The Matterport survey creates a detailed digital copy (or ‘digital twin’) of your home. This helps you communicate with installers easily and avoid mistakes that could lead to costly rework.

2) It can reduce architectural drafting costs.

The included floor plans and elevation drawings offer architects a precise and reliable starting point for their design work, potentially reducing initial site visits and measurement time.

3) It can simplify future planning permission applications.

The accurate spatial data and documentation provided by the Matterport survey streamline the process of preparing and submitting planning permission applications for future renovations or extensions.

Check out this demo to take a look for yourself:

Let us know if you want to go ahead with a Matterport Survey when you book your Ecofurb Plan - along with any other optional extras - and we will be in touch with next steps.

What other optional extras are available?

Borescope survey – £72 inc. VAT

A visual inspection of cavity walls using a flexible camera probe to determine the presence of cavity wall insulation. This will not assess the quality or condition of the existing insulation, just whether or not it is there.

Air tightness test – quote on request

This add-on measures air leakage throughout your home. We will provide you with a quote for this on request.

Additional annexe – quote on request

If your home has an annexe – defined as a ‘self-contained dwelling with it’s own separate heating system’, you can also include this in your Ecofurb Plan for an additional fee. We will provide you with a quote for this on request.

You can indicate your interest in any of the above add-ons via the Ecofurb Plan order form

What are the next steps?

If you choose to work with us, these are the following steps

Please fill in your Grant Award letter, and send it to applications@greenhomes.wales, to tell them that you have instructed Ecofurb to deliver your Home Assessment and Recommendation Report.
Click the button below to fill in the GHW Ecofurb Plan booking form 👇
Green Home Wales will confirm with us within 48h of receiving your completed grant award letter, and we will call you shortly afterwards to book the initial survey.
We then aim to complete your Plan within 4-6 weeks, subject to the date of the survey and your availability for the consultation call.

After you get your Report, we can support you with Phases 2 and 3 by getting one or more quotations and oversight of the installation.

We can only do this where we have delivered the Recommendation Report under Phase 1 as our independent Retrofit Coordinator starts building their understanding of your home from Day One. Being a one stop shop also helps us ensure quality control as we know our Retrofit Assessors work to our high standards.

Full Terms and Conditions can be found here.

Please contact us at hellocymru@ecofurb.com if you have any questions.

Croeso i Gynllun Ecofurb a Cartrefi Gwyrdd Cymru

Welcome to the Ecofurb Green Homes Wales scheme