Britain’s summers changed. Your home hasn’t.
Coolhouse matches you with one vetted local installer for air conditioning, solar, battery storage and the electrical work behind them. Free, no obligation — and never five firms ringing you at once.
Enter any UK postcode — we’ll tell you honestly where we’re up to in your area
AC penetration per England housing data; battery self-consumption per industry studies. Indicative figures.
Three nights of 30°C, and a fan just moving warm air around.
British homes were built to hold heat in — brilliant in January, brutal in July. Meanwhile a modern air-conditioning unit is really a reversible heat pump: it cools the bedroom in minutes in summer, and heats that same room efficiently through winter. Pair it with solar and a battery and the running cost largely takes care of itself.
The hard part isn’t the technology. It’s finding someone good — without handing your number to five firms who all ring at once.
One enquiry. Every home-energy upgrade.
Most people start with air conditioning — the smart ones sort the pieces that belong together.
Air conditioning
Discreet wall-mounted systems that cool in summer and heat efficiently in winter — a modern split is a reversible heat pump.
Get a quote for thisSolar panels
Generate your own power from your roof and take a permanent chunk out of your electricity bill.
Get a quote for thisBattery storage
Store daytime solar to run your home — and your air conditioning — through the evening and overnight.
Get a quote for thisEV charging
A dedicated 7kW home charge point, neatly fitted — often on the same electrical visit.
Get a quote for thisEICR & electrical
A safety check and, where needed, a modern consumer unit — often the sensible first step before adding new load.
Get a quote for thisRepairs & servicing
Existing system not cooling, or due its annual service? We match you with an F-Gas certified engineer.
Get a quote for thisNot sure what it all adds up to?
Six questions, thirty seconds, an honest ballpark for your home — no details needed.
Your quote, in three unhurried steps
Tell us about your home
Sixty seconds: your postcode, the upgrades you’re considering, and roughly what you have in mind.
We match one vetted installer
We hand-match your job to the single best-fit certified installer covering your postcode — one specialist per trade, never a mass blast.
Get your quote, decide freely
They survey and quote — free, no obligation. Not right for you? Tell us and we’ll match you with another. You stay in control.
How we make money — plainly: installers pay us a small fee to receive genuine local enquiries. You never pay us anything, your quotes are no dearer for it, and we only pass your enquiry to installers we’d be happy to have in our own homes. And who “we” is: Coolhouse is a new, hand-built service run by a real person — James Cooper, St Albans — not a call centre.
Tell us about your home
One vetted local installer, one free survey, no obligation — and if their quote isn’t right, we’ll match you with someone else.
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Tell us what you need — we’ll match you with the right vetted local installer. No obligation, and never any spam.
We’d rather list fewer installers than the wrong ones
Every installer we match has been checked before your enquiry ever reaches them.
- Certified for the workF-Gas registered for air conditioning; MCS-certified for solar and battery installations.
- Insured and establishedPublic liability insurance and a real trading history — not a van and a mobile number.
- Local, with local reputationsInstallers who actually work your postcode and rely on their name in your area.
- Your details, treated properlyWe share your enquiry only with the installer matched to it. Never sold on. Ever.
Launching across the South East, area by area
We’re rolling out deliberately across eight commuter areas in five counties — Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Essex and Buckinghamshire. St Albans and Harpenden are live now; the rest are opening as we onboard vetted local installers. Leave your postcode and we’ll tell you honestly where we’re up to in your area.
See all launch areasRead up first — we’d rather you were well informed
Straight-talking guides with real numbers. No sales gloss, no obligation to use us.
Questions homeowners ask us
Is this really free?
Completely. Installers pay us a small fee for genuine local enquiries — that’s the whole business. You never pay us anything, and your quote is no more expensive because of it.
Will air conditioning heat my home too?
Yes. A modern split system is a reversible air-to-air heat pump: it cools in summer and heats efficiently in winter, typically delivering 3.5–5 units of heat per unit of electricity.
Can my solar panels run my air conditioning?
In the daytime, yes — directly. Because cooling matters most in the evening and overnight, a home battery is what makes it genuinely work: it stores your daytime generation for when you actually need it. We’ve written the honest version here.
Do I need electrical work first?
Sometimes. Older homes may need a modern consumer unit before safely taking the extra load of AC, an EV charger or a battery. An EICR (an electrician’s safety inspection, typically £150–300) tells you where you stand — we can arrange one.
Why one installer rather than several?
Other sites sell your details to up to five firms at once — then your phone doesn’t stop ringing. We match your job to the single best-fit vetted installer covering your postcode. If their quote isn’t right, tell us and we’ll match you with another. One considered conversation at a time, on your terms.
Who’s behind this — and why are there no reviews yet?
Straight answer: Coolhouse is new. It’s built and personally run by James Cooper in St Albans — every enquiry is reviewed by him, not a call centre, and the one-installer promise is written into our contractual terms with installers, not just this page. No reviews yet because we’d rather earn them than fake them.
What happens to my details?
They go only to the vetted installer matched to your enquiry (one per trade), so they can quote. We don’t sell your data, we don’t add you to marketing lists, and you can ask us to delete your details at any time.
Ready for a cooler, calmer, cheaper-to-run home?
Tell us what you’re considering — it takes about a minute, and the quote is free either way.
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