If you have the cash to pay for upgrades or you have access to affordable credit, then you can get started straight away. The financial benefits are significant and immediate and they accumulate the sooner that upgrades are completed.

 

You'll also experience greater home comfort as soon as upgrades are done; the sooner you get cracking, the sooner those cold winters and hot summers will seem more manageable.

 

The exception to this advice? If you have other home improvement projects planned. Try to sync them up with the Energy Freedom Home retrofit upgrades.

 

It'll be easier, for example, to insulate inside your walls if you are planning to replace your existing weatherboards. Or to install an induction cooktop if you are renovating your kitchen.

Up until recently, getting an Energy Freedom Home was a journey that took years of dedicated effort^{1 2 3}.

 

Between all the research, figuring out what to do, comparing products, vetting suppliers and coordinating the different trades, you can understand why only the most dedicated homeowners achieved an Energy Freedom Home.

 

Fortunately, now companies like Energy Freedom Homes are offering a one-stop shop service where they've done all the work so that homeowners don't have to and a process that previously took years can now be completed in a matter of weeks.

It seems complicated, but when you break it down the journey to an Energy Freedom Home is straightforward and can begin immediately.

 

Every home is different, but it's easy to figure out a plan to achieve lower energy bills, improved home comfort and health, and better outcomes for the environment. You can do this by customising a generalised roadmap based on upgrades that have already been completed, or that don't apply to your circumstances, and those still to be completed.

If you'd like to figure out each step for yourself, check out other articles in our knowledge base to speed up the process. We want to help reduce the risk for you of wasted time, choosing the wrong product or committing to a dodgy installer.

 

According to the priorities laid out here, we'd recommend our article about assessing your electrics as a next step.

If you would prefer to consider the planning process, reach our next step article here.