£7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant — and 0% VAT on qualifying installs Air source heat pumps · Leeds & surrounding areas
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Heat pumps, designed round your actual house

Not a catalogue size picked off a price list. A room-by-room heat loss survey first, then a system that heats the whole house at a flow temperature it can actually run at.

  • Air source heat pumps
  • Heat loss surveys
  • Cylinders & controls
  • Radiator sizing
  • Oil & LPG conversions
  • £7,500 grant available
  • 0% VAT on qualifying installs
  • MCS certified installation partner
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£7,500

Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant, deducted from your invoice. £9,000 for off-gas-grid homes on oil or LPG until 31 March 2027.

Check what you’d pay

Three questions. We’ll come back with where you stand on the grant.

No obligation. We’ll tell you honestly whether your home suits one.

£7,500Grant off your invoice
0% VATOn qualifying installs
Survey firstRoom-by-room heat loss
LS1–LS29Leeds & the villages

Start here

The four things people actually want to know

Vaillant air source heat pump installed on a patio beside a conservatory

How they work

Heat from outside airSamsung air source heat pump monobloc unit installed against a rendered wall

Grants & costs

£7,500 off your invoiceVaillant air source heat pump installed on paving beside a new build home with lagged pipework

Is my home suitable?

The honest answerHot water cylinder and buffer vessel with insulated pipework in a heat pump plant room

The install

What actually happens

Why surveys matter

A heat pump is only as good as the sums behind it

Almost every unhappy heat pump story comes back to the same thing: the system was sized off a rule of thumb instead of a heat loss calculation. Oversized, undersized or running too hot, and the bills never land where they were promised.

  • Room-by-room heat lossMeasured properly, not estimated from floor area or bedroom count.
  • Flow temperature set lowThe lower the flow temperature a system can run at, the cheaper it is to run. That is decided at design stage, not afterwards.
  • Radiators sized to matchUsually a handful need upsizing rather than the whole house. The calculation says which.
  • Hot water worked out properlyCylinder size and reheat times based on how your household actually uses water.
  • Honest answersIf your house needs insulation work first, you will hear that from us before you spend anything.

Is my home suitable?

Heat pump plant room installed by NorthStar Air Source Heat Pump Leeds

Want to know if your house suits one?

A proper heat loss survey answers it. Ring us and we'll talk it through before anybody books anything.

Call 0113 490 0618

The grant

What the Boiler Upgrade Scheme is worth

England and Wales, open to owner-occupiers and landlords, and not means tested. It comes off your invoice rather than being claimed back later.

How the grant actually reaches you

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is paid through an MCS certified installer, who applies for the voucher and takes the grant off your invoice before you pay. NorthStar designs the system and manages your job; the installation is carried out and MCS certified by our MCS registered installation partner, and it is their certification the grant is claimed against.

That means you get the grant deducted up front in the normal way. It also means eligibility is confirmed by the certified installer rather than by us, which is the only honest way to put it.

£7,500 standard

For an air source heat pump replacing most existing heating systems, including mains gas. The normal figure for the majority of Leeds homes.

£9,000 off the gas grid

For properties with no mains gas connection currently heated by oil or LPG. Runs until 31 March 2027. Relevant out towards Bardsey, Thorner, Collingham and the Wharfedale villages.

0% VAT

Qualifying domestic installations are zero rated for VAT until 31 March 2027, so there is no VAT added on top of a qualifying quote.

Full detail on grants and costs

Recent installs

Systems we’ve put in

Outdoor units, plant rooms and the pipework that decides how well the whole thing runs.

Vaillant aroTHERM plus air source heat pump installed on a concrete pad beside a brick house
Vaillant aroTHERM, side returnMonobloc on anti-vibration feet with insulated flow and return, isolator sited where it can be reached.
Heat pump plant room with hot water cylinder, buffer vessel, expansion vessel, manifolds and controls
Plant room, fully pipedCylinder, buffer, expansion, manifolds and controls laid out so every valve can be reached and read.
Vaillant air source heat pump installed on paving beside a new build home with lagged pipework
New build installSet on paving with gravel beneath for drainage, pipework clipped and lagged back into the wall.
Samsung air source heat pump monobloc unit installed against a rendered wall
Samsung monoblocLevelled on feet with clearance front and back, because airflow is what the efficiency depends on.
Air source heat pump installed on a gravel bed in a side return with an electrical isolator on the wall
Tight side returnKerb-set on a gravel bed with the isolator and controls grouped on the wall beside it.
Vaillant air source heat pump installed on a patio beside a conservatory
Retrofit on a patioStandard three-bed retrofit. Unit sited away from windows, with the condensate run clear of the path.

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Reviews

What customers say about NorthStar

Reproduced word for word from customers of the wider NorthStar group. Nothing rewritten, nothing tidied up.

★★★★★

Just had 6 indoor Mitsubishi AC units fitted by the guys at NorthStar Air Con Doncaster. Excellent work carried out by the team and really pleased with the installation and end result - very tidy! I was impressed with the attention to detail and how they considered different installation options to keep the pipe runs outside of the house to a minimum. Very professional company to deal with and really felt like they worked with you throughout. We mainly went for the system because of the heating efficiency and running costs compared to oil with the recent price changes, while also getting the benefit of air conditioning in the warmer weather 😄

Customer Review
★★★★★

We had a fantastic experience with NorthStar Air Con Doncaster recently having 5 AC units installed. Communication was really easy over WhatsApp beforehand and just as easy with the engineers during the installation. They worked around us, were very respectful and professional throughout. We got both a really high quality installation and great customer service which can be hard to find. Would definitely use them again.

Customer Review
★★★★★

So happy with NorthStar Air Con Doncaster, from our first enquiry through to the installation and handover everyone was really helpful and knowledgeable. The installation team were fantastic, the work was done to a great standard, no mess left behind and all rubbish was cleared from site. I would highly recommend NorthStar Air Con Doncaster to anyone thinking about having AC installed, very professional from start to finish.

Customer Review
★★★★★

We recently had a Mitsubishi LN unit installed at our home by NorthStar Air Con Doncaster. The installation was carried out very professionally and the workmanship was excellent. The team were polite and respectful throughout the whole process. We had it fitted just before the recent heatwave and it has been brilliant. Would highly recommend them to anyone considering having AC installed. 10/10!

Customer Review
★★★★★

Very professional service from start to finish. I needed air conditioning fitted in my home office and NorthStar Air Con Doncaster sent me details of all the different options available which made it easy to choose the right one for my needs and budget. Installation was quick and efficient and the aftercare has been great too. Would definitely recommend.

Customer Review

Where we install

Leeds and the villages around it

Heat pumps suit some properties far better than others, and Leeds has the full range — well-insulated newer homes where a heat pump is straightforward, solid-wall Victorian stock that needs thinking about, and the off-gas villages out towards Wetherby, Bardsey and Thorner where the case is strongest of all.

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FAQs

Heat pump questions, answered straight

How much is a heat pump after the grant?

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme takes £7,500 off the installed cost in England and Wales, and the grant is deducted from your invoice rather than claimed back afterwards. What you pay on top depends on the size of the system, how many radiators need changing and what happens with hot water, so anybody giving you a firm figure before surveying the house is guessing. We survey first, then put the number in writing.

Can I get £9,000 instead?

Only if the property is off the mains gas grid and currently heated by oil or LPG. That uplift runs until 31 March 2027. Round Leeds it applies mainly out in the villages — Bardsey, Thorner, Collingham and similar. On mains gas the grant is £7,500.

Are you MCS certified?

NorthStar is not MCS certified. Installations are carried out and MCS certified by our MCS registered installation partner, and the grant is claimed against their certification. That is the arrangement, and it is how your grant reaches you. We would rather say that plainly than let you find out later.

Is there VAT on top?

Qualifying domestic heat pump installations are currently zero rated for VAT until 31 March 2027, so there is no VAT added to a qualifying install.

Will a heat pump work in an older house?

Often yes, but it depends on heat loss rather than on age. A solid-wall Victorian house with no insulation will need either improvement work or a larger system and bigger radiators. We would rather tell you that at survey stage than fit something that disappoints you every January.

Will I need all new radiators?

Usually not all of them. Heat pumps run at a lower flow temperature than a boiler, so each radiator gives out less heat and some need to be larger. A heat loss calculation works out room by room which ones actually need changing — typically a handful rather than the lot.

Are they noisy?

A modern monobloc is roughly comparable to a fridge at a few metres. Siting matters more than the badge: away from bedroom windows, clear space front and back for airflow, and on proper anti-vibration feet rather than straight onto a slab.

Do they work when it is freezing?

Yes. They extract heat from outside air well below zero, and systems in Britain are designed around a local winter design temperature rather than a mild day. Efficiency drops when it is very cold, which is exactly why the system is sized for the worst day rather than the average one.

What about hot water?

A heat pump heats a cylinder rather than making hot water on demand like a combi, so you need somewhere for one — usually an airing cupboard, loft or utility. If you are coming off a combi, finding that space is normally the biggest practical change.

How long does it take?

Most domestic installs run two to four days on site, depending on radiator changes, cylinder work and where the unit goes. The survey and design happen before any of that, and you get the timescale in writing with the quote.

Get in touch

Tell us about your home

The honest answer about a heat pump depends on your actual house — its heat loss, its radiators and its hot water. Tell us the basics and we’ll tell you where you stand.

Speak to someone

0113 490 0618

Happy to talk it through before anybody books a survey.

  • We installAir source heat pumps — that is the whole business
  • AreaLeeds and the surrounding villages
  • Grant£7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme, or £9,000 off the gas grid on oil or LPG
  • CertificationInstalled and MCS certified by our MCS registered installation partner

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