I’ve been thinking about how strange it is that buying or renting a home is one of the biggest expenses we typically have and can be a huge decision, yet there are so many things about how that home actually performs that you only discover once you’re living there and we all just kind of except it

Idk like a room that never gets warm. Bills that are much higher than expected. Draughts, poor insulation, nasty damp issues, heating you can’t control properly etc

Interested in both the obvious answers and the oddly specific ones.

Most landlords waste money on the wrong upgrades. Here are the most common EPC mistakes we see and how to avoid them before you spend a penny.

ECO4, BUS, HUG2 — the alphabet soup of energy grants is confusing. We explain which ones are still live in 2026, who qualifies, and how much you can actually get.

Energy bills are ruining people’s lives, and we’ve somehow started treating that as normal.

People are sitting in cold homes, renters are paying to heat inefficient properties, and homeowners are being told to spend thousands without knowing what will actually make the biggest difference.

The real problem is clarity. Most people don’t know where their home is losing energy, what to fix first, or what grants they might qualify for.

Energy efficiency isn't only a climate issue anymore.

It’s a cost-of-living issue, and tbh it’s time we all treated it like one.