Coolhouse
A cool, calm British living room with discreet air conditioning
Opening — register interest

Air conditioning in Reigate — an honest look at what's involved

Reigate sits at the foot of the North Downs, and plenty of its homes — from the period houses in the old centre to the large detached properties on the edges of town — get uncomfortably hot in summer. Here's what air conditioning actually involves in a town like this, and an honest note on where we're up to locally.

Vetted local installers One installer — not five cold calls Register interest — no obligation

Register your interest

We’re building our installer network here — leave your details and we’ll tell you honestly where we’re up to, and match you as local installers come on board.

What are you interested in?

Your phone number goes only to your matched installer — never to marketing lists, never sold on. Opt out any time. * required

Free to you — installers pay us a small fee only when we introduce a genuine customer. It never changes the price you’re quoted.

Why Reigate homes overheat

Much of Reigate's housing was built long before summer comfort was a design consideration, and two patterns come up again and again. The first is the period problem: the older houses around the town centre — much of it conservation area — have solid brick walls that soak up heat over a hot week and let it go slowly through the night, and loft conversions under old roofs are often the hottest rooms in the house. The second is the glazing problem: the large detached homes on the roads climbing out of town often have big south-facing windows, open-plan extensions and home offices that are hard to work in by mid-afternoon.

For most homes the practical answer is a split system — a wall unit inside, a compressor outside. A modern split is a reversible air-to-air heat pump, so it heats in winter as well as cooling in summer, though it doesn't qualify for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which only covers air-to-water heat pumps. Rather than quote figures here that may not match your house, our UK air conditioning cost guide sets out what installations tend to involve and why quotes vary so much.

Conservation areas, listed buildings and your electrics

This matters more in Reigate than in most towns. The historic centre has conservation area protection and a number of listed buildings, and an outdoor unit fixed to an external wall is exactly the kind of change planners take an interest in. We won't guess whether your street is covered — check with Reigate & Banstead Borough Council before anyone drills anything. If you're in a flat or a leasehold property, you'll usually need the freeholder's consent as well.

Electrics are the other quiet consideration. Older homes sometimes need a consumer unit upgrade before a system can safely be added, and it's better to know that before you collect quotes than after. Our guide on whether your home's electrics can handle air conditioning explains what to look for.

Where Coolhouse is up to in Reigate

Honestly: we're not here yet. Our vetted installers currently work in St Albans and Harpenden, and we haven't vetted anyone in Reigate — so we won't pretend otherwise or promise you a fast local quote. We're building our network out gradually, and Reigate is on the list.

  • If you leave your details, we'll tell you plainly where we've got to and get in touch when we have someone local we'd genuinely recommend.
  • We never pass your details to an installer we haven't vetted.

See all our launch areas → · Try the 30-second cost estimator →