Understand comfort and home performance
See modelled information about how your home’s design, fixed appliances and onsite energy systems affect its overall performance.
The certificate does not reproduce your household’s actual energy use or bills.
Home Energy Rating Certificates for existing homes
Get your Home Energy Rating Certificate
We review your property details, confirm assessor availability, your full price and proposed timing, then arrange the assessment with an appropriately accredited existing-home assessor.
Request your assessment
Questions before you request? Call 0424 961 257
From $599. No payment when you submit your request.
Questions before you request? Call 0424 961 257 
A rating and certificate for a home that is already built
You can request an assessment for a freestanding house, semi-detached house or terrace, townhouse or duplex, or an individual apartment.
Requests can also be made for owner-occupied, rental and investment properties. We review the property scope, required permissions, access and assessor availability before confirming an assessment.
This service does not cover new-home, BASIX, major-renovation or National Construction Code compliance ratings or certificates.
Why people request a Home Energy Rating
Plan renovations or upgrades
Use the rating and tailored guidance to decide what may be worth investigating before spending on improvements.
Any result depends on the work completed and how the home is used.
Prepare for a refinancing or finance discussion
Use the certificate as property-performance information in a conversation with your broker or lender.
Acceptance and eligibility depend on the specific lender and product. Home Energy Ratings Australia does not provide credit or eligibility advice.
Understand your home before selling or renting
A current certificate can help demonstrate your home’s energy performance to buyers or renters and support a more transparent listing.
In some cases, the energy-efficient features it documents, or improvements made after the assessment, may contribute to the property’s market appeal and value.
Outcomes depend on the property and market, and a higher sale price, rent or stronger demand is not guaranteed.
What your certificate shows
The assessment produces one Home Energy Rating Certificate with two different ratings.
Home Energy Rating
A rating from 0 to 100+ that estimates the home’s overall energy use, including its design, fixed appliances and any onsite solar generation or battery storage.
Star Rating
A rating out of 10 that estimates how well the home’s design and construction maintain comfortable indoor temperatures in the local climate.
Estimated home performance
The certificate includes estimated annual energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, information about fixed appliances, a comfort indication and renewable-energy information where relevant.
Tailored guidance
The certificate includes upgrade guidance relevant to the assessed home. These results are modelled estimates. They are not your actual bills and do not guarantee future savings, comfort or upgrade results.
See a sample certificate
Official sample Home Energy Rating Certificate. Your completed certificate will contain results specific to your home.
How the assessment works
1. Request the assessment
- Share your property details.
- No booking or payment yet.
2. Review and quote
- We check assessor availability.
- You receive the full price and proposed timing.
3. Confirm the booking
- Accept the quote and pay the first 50%.
- We introduce the assessor and arrange consent and access.
4. Complete the onsite assessment
- The assessor inspects your home.
- A typical visit takes two to three hours.
5. Receive the certificate
- Pay the remaining 50% after checks.
- Receive your certificate and explanation.
From $599 for the assessment and certificate
Assessments start from $599. Your full price depends on the property’s size, location and complexity.
We confirm the complete price and assessor availability before you pay anything.
After you accept the quote, the initial 50% payment confirms the booking. We request the remaining 50% after the assessment, modelling and required checks are complete, immediately before the assessor issues the certificate.
No payment when you submit your request.
Request your assessment
No payment when you submit your request.
Accredited technical work, with clear accountability
An appropriately accredited existing-home assessor completes the technical assessment and issues your certificate using the current existing-home assessment method and accredited software.
Before allocating your request, Home Energy Ratings Australia checks that the assessor’s relevant accreditation is current.
Home Energy Ratings Australia manages
Your request, quote, payment, assessor allocation and commercial support. We remain your contact for complaints and service remedies.
The assigned assessor manages
Property access, the prescribed consent check, the onsite assessment, modelling, certificate delivery and technical questions.
About Home Energy Ratings Australia
Frequently asked questions
What is a Home Energy Rating for an existing home?
It is an onsite assessment of a home that has already been built. An appropriately accredited assessor records the home and its fixed appliances, models the information in accredited software and issues the certificate.
What will I receive after the assessment?
You receive a certificate with two ratings, modelled energy information and tailored upgrade guidance. The results are estimates, not a prediction of your actual bills or a guaranteed outcome.
Who completes the assessment and issues the certificate?
An appropriately accredited existing-home assessor completes the technical assessment and issues the certificate.
Home Energy Ratings Australia checks the assessor’s relevant accreditation, manages your request, quote, payment and allocation, and remains the escalation contact.
How long does the home visit usually take?
A typical onsite visit takes two to three hours, depending on the home’s size and complexity.
This is the expected visit duration, not a promise of the total time from request to certificate.
Can apartments and rental properties be assessed?
You can submit a request for an individual apartment or a tenant-occupied property.
Apartment-building common areas use a different assessment pathway. We review property scope, permissions, consent, access and assessor availability before confirming an assessment.
Can a rating support refinancing, selling or home-upgrade decisions?
The certificate may inform these discussions and decisions. Lender criteria, the property, completed work and market conditions determine the outcome; a rating does not guarantee approval, rates, savings, value or another result.
Is an assessor available in my area?
Requests can be submitted from any Australian location.
We review each request and contact you to confirm assessor availability, the full price and proposed timing. Submitting a request does not guarantee service availability in your area.
Your rating. Your certificate. Handled.
Tell us about your existing home. We’ll review your request and contact you to confirm assessor availability, the full price and proposed timing.
From $599. No payment when you submit your request.
Questions before you request? Call 0424 961 257
Request your assessmentFrom $599. No payment when you submit your request.