Solar and battery, Victorian terrace in York
York, YO10
Clear advice on air-to-air heat pumps, air-to-water heat pumps and solar — for homeowners across Yorkshire.
Homeowners across Yorkshire trust Ballantyne for a straight answer about their home.
Technologies, compared honestly
Products we’ll push you toward
Homes assessed before we quote
Where we start — built to grow
A reversible air-to-air heat pump gives you efficient, controllable heating when it’s cold and cooling when it’s hot — all from one system.
Captures energy
Moves heat, doesn't burn fuel
Heats and cools your home
Warm individual rooms without relying on portable heaters or heating rooms you’re not using.
Proper temperature-controlled cooling rather than fans or a portable air-conditioning unit.
Choose which rooms to heat or cool and control them independently where the system allows.
Instead of separate heating and cooling products, one professionally installed system does both.
Most people come to us describing a room, a bill or an ageing boiler — not a technology. Here’s where each of those usually leads.
A hot bedroom, a cold office, an extension that never worked — an air-to-air heat pump heats and cools individual rooms, each on its own control.
Explore air-to-air heat pumps PathwayAn ageing boiler, or an off-gas home on oil or LPG — an air-to-water heat pump replaces the boiler and heats the whole house, once it’s properly assessed.
Explore air-to-water heat pumps PathwayHigh bills and daytime usage — solar generates your own electricity, and we’ll tell you honestly whether a battery is worth adding.
Explore solar pvWe listen first, explain the options in plain English, and tell you what still needs a technical check before we could quote. No jargon, no pressure.
How our process worksA hot loft bedroom. A freezing home office. A room the heating forgets. Usually an air-to-air heat pump — heating and cooling, room by room.
Uncomfortable → understood → confident
An ageing boiler, or oil and LPG costs off the gas grid. Usually air-to-water — assessed properly before anything is promised.
Overwhelmed → assessed → clear
High electricity bills, an EV, working from home. Usually solar — sold on real household economics, not slogans.
Suspicious of claims → clear on the numbers → able to decide
Tell us the room, the bill or the boiler. We start with your problem, not a product.
We set out the options in plain English, including the ones that won’t suit.
A technical check of your home confirms what’s actually possible.
A clear written recommendation, an honest price, and what still needs confirming.
An air-to-air heat pump gives you controllable heating and cooling, room by room, from one quiet system. It suits homes where certain rooms are too cold…
An air-to-water heat pump is a whole-home heating system that replaces your boiler and heats your radiators or underfloor heating, plus your hot water. Whether it…
Solar panels generate electricity from daylight so you buy less from the grid. How much you save depends on your roof, how much electricity you use…
A home battery stores electricity — from your solar panels or from a cheap overnight tariff — to use later when power is expensive. It suits…
A typical system pairs an outdoor unit with one or more indoor units, or a roof array with an inverter. What size, how many, and where they go is decided by your home — not by a standard package.
Set every room to a temperature that feels comfortable, rather than switching heating on or off.
Room-by-room control means you condition the space you're in, not the whole house.
Outdoor unit position, pipe routes and electrical requirements are all checked before we quote.
Every system is sized to your rooms, your roof and your electricity use before we quote.
You'll know who to contact, and we'll help if you ever have a problem.
We show you what your system could save, how we worked it out and what it will cost.
Real customer experiences, real installations and genuine feedback.
Clear advice, quality installation and someone accountable from start to finish.
Clear advice, straightforward pricing and a home system designed around your home, with support before, during and after installation.
Our name is on the company. We take responsibility for what we recommend and endorse.
We assess your home before we quote. If it isn’t right, we say so.
Where a technical check could change the scope, we tell you before, not after.
Where certified partners carry out installation, we set out who contracts, who certifies and who holds the warranty — clearly.
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Written to answer the questions homeowners actually ask — not to sell you the product with the biggest margin.

An air-to-air heat pump heats and cools individual rooms from one system, with separate control for each space. It suits homes with a few…
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An air-to-water heat pump replaces your boiler and heats your radiators or underfloor heating and your hot water. Whether it suits your home depends…
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Solar panels turn daylight into electricity you use first, before drawing from the grid. Your generation depends on roof direction, pitch, shading and the…
Read moreA battery isn’t automatically part of a solar system. For some homes it’s clearly worth it; for others the economics are weak. We’ll model your case and tell you which — including when the answer is no.
Read: do you need a battery?No. The first conversation and assessment are free and there’s no obligation.
No. We recommend by suitability, not margin, and we’ll tell you if nothing fits.
Where certified partners carry out regulated installation, we make the contracting party, certifications and warranties clear before you commit.
Within our core Yorkshire area, an initial assessment is usually quick to arrange.
We tell you plainly, explain why, and set out what would need to change.
A few minutes of questions about your home, your heating and the rooms you use most — no pressure, no obligation.
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