Fee-paid, commission-free energy advice across solar, storage, heat pumps, ventilation, and hot water — structured around your home and your goals, not around a product sale.
The process starts with your real data. Analysis of your past 12 months of EDF/Enedis consumption to understand your base-load, peak usage, seasonal variation, and opportunities for load-shifting. This ensures any system is sized around your lifestyle and your property, not generic assumptions or an installer's preferred range.
The service now covers the full thermal and electrical picture: heat pump sizing and MaPrimeRénov' grant navigation, MVHR ventilation compliance, thermodynamic hot water specification, solar and battery concept design, and independent quote review. Each service is scoped and fee-paid. None carries a commission, referral fee, or financial tie to any installer or supplier.
The result is a requirements-led specification, not a sales quote. You receive a clear, engineering-driven recommendation and a detailed technical specification that any RGE-certified installer can price against — ensuring like-for-like quotes, fair comparisons, and a system that genuinely meets your needs.
My only priority is that you make an informed, confident decision based on accurate analysis, transparent modelling, and independent advice.
Every engagement follows the same structured progression. You move from confusion and competing claims to a clear, documented position — and stay there through installation and beyond. The service sits alongside you at every stage; you never face a contractor or grant deadline alone.
The Home Energy Autonomy Assessment is the umbrella service — a whole-home strategy that draws on one or more of the four technical assessments below depending on your property's needs. Each technical assessment can be commissioned as part of a full HEAA, or as a standalone service where the scope is already clear.
Before any conversation about heat pumps, solar, or grants, it helps to know exactly where your electricity is going — and whether that matches what you'd expect. Every on-site visit starts with a full appliance-by-appliance audit of your property, cross-checked against a full year of your actual EDF billing data, so the figures aren't guesswork.
Included with every on-site visit — no separate feeThe starting point for most clients. A structured review of your property's energy position — consumption, heating sources, solar yield, battery sizing, and grant eligibility — producing a full written report you keep and use independently.
On-site (Dordogne & Nouvelle Aquitaine) or remote desktopIndependent heat load study and MaPrimeRénov' grant navigation for ASHP and GSHP — the highest-value grant available in 2026, correctly sized before you approach any installer. EN 12831-compliant methodology.
Independent specification for chauffe-eau thermodynamique systems — correctly sized for your household, positioned for maximum efficiency, and grant-optimised before you approach any supplier. One of the simplest standalone MaPrimeRénov' measures.
RE2020 and NF DTU 68.3 compliant ventilation assessment — producing the airflow schedule, unit specification, and MaPrimeRénov' dossier your contractor needs. Essential for any renovation requiring a compliant ventilation strategy.
A technical concept brief — string layout, inverter sizing, battery chemistry, and Enedis guidance — sized for your actual consumption, not a standard template. Funded via the prime à l'autoconsommation, separately from MaPrimeRénov'.
Already have installer quotes? An independent line-by-line review — checking specs, RGE certification, grant compliance, and contract terms — before you sign anything. Owner-side project support through to Consuel also available.
An independent eye on your installed system every month — translating monitoring data into plain English, flagging underperformance, and confirming your system is delivering what it promised. Available to existing clients in a future phase.
All fees are time-based and quoted HT. The initial conversation is always free. No commissions, no installer relationships — the fee paid by you is the only remuneration.
| All services | |
| Initial conversation | Free |
| Home Energy Autonomy Assessment | |
| Remote desktop (full written report) | €400–500 |
| On-site — within 50km of central Dordogne | €500–650 |
| On-site — 50–100km | €650–800 |
| Heat Pump Assessment | |
| Standard — up to 250 m² (desktop) | €450–550 |
| Larger property or complex multi-zone | €550–700 |
| Combined heat pump + MVHR study | €650–800 |
| Thermodynamic Hot Water Assessment | |
| Standard CET assessment (desktop) | €280–380 |
| MVHR Sizing Audit | |
| Standard audit (desktop or on-site) | €350–450 |
| Larger property — over 300 m² | €450–600 |
| Solar + Storage Concept Design | |
| Desktop concept design | €280–380 |
| Quote Review & Project Support | |
| Quote review — up to 3 installer quotes | €280–380 |
| Extended project support through to Consuel | From €480 |
| Travel supplement (all on-site services) | |
| On-site travel beyond 100km | +€0.50/km |
All fees quoted HT (excluding TVA). TVA at 20% applies. Fees are indicative and confirmed in writing before work begins — no surprises.
The same structural problem applies well beyond energy: complex French systems, no obvious English-language guide, and advisors or contractors with inherent conflicts of interest. These extended services apply the same structured, independent methodology to the broader challenges of owning and running a rural French property.
Structured guidance on household energy behaviour — appliance scheduling, monitoring, tariff-hour optimisation, and solar self-consumption maximisation. A well-specified system and a well-run one are not the same thing. This closes the gap between theoretical and real-world yield.
Total annual cost of ownership modelling — energy, water, maintenance reserves, taxe foncière trajectory, insurance. A complete picture of what a property actually costs to run, giving a basis for informed decisions about renovation sequencing, investment, and future use. No estate agent or single installer will provide this objectively.
Rural Dordogne properties frequently have wells, sources, or fosse septique systems that were inherited without documentation. Water quality, pump sizing, irrigation load, rain harvesting, and SPANC compliance (post-2024 inspection requirements are catching many owners off-guard). The same profile as energy: a complex French system, no English-language guide, and no one with an obvious incentive to give you the whole picture.
Beyond energy grants, a much larger French state-aid landscape exists that most expat owners are unaware of: MaPrimeAdapt' (accessibility), LEADER/FEADER rural development funds, heritage restoration support, and agricultural land management grants. Independent guidance on what applies to your situation, what the sequencing requirements are, and how to avoid the eligibility traps.
Independent oversight of renovation order and specification — the sequencing logic that determines whether your renovation ends up coherent or fragmented. Insulate before you heat. Commission before you furnish. Lay UFH while the screed is open. These decisions are cheap to get right and expensive to correct. Advisory oversight only — not maîtrise d'œuvre, no contractor direction, no regulated obligations.
Running-cost analysis, energy specification for guest comfort, EV charging as a competitive gîte feature, pool heating strategy, DPE classification upgrade potential, and income/cost structure review. Gîte owners are already comfortable treating their property as an asset — this service gives them the same rigorous, independent basis for those decisions that they would expect in any other business context.
These services are available on request and scoped individually. All are fee-paid and commission-free — the same structural independence that applies to the energy advisory applies here. Contact to discuss scope and fees.
A short, no-charge call to understand your property and what you are trying to achieve. No commitment required.