Jim Fell

About

Founder of Propertoasty and CEO of Credit Canary, a UK fintech that verifies payees against Companies House, HMRC VAT, Confirmation of Payee, and bank data to help households and small businesses avoid invoice fraud. Built Propertoasty after watching homeowners get lost between the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, MCS-certified installers, and the unfamiliar engineering of heat pumps and solar PV — and finding no single source that combined property data, grant eligibility, and installer-grade pre-survey output in one place. The site combines the GOV.UK EPC Register, Google's Solar API and PVGIS yield modelling to produce installer-ready reports for UK homeowners. Writes about the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, MCS 3005 rules, solar PV economics under the Smart Export Guarantee, and the practical retrofit decisions homeowners face when commissioning low-carbon heating. UK-based; every figure quoted uses current Ofgem, MCS, and DESNZ guidance for 2026.

Areas of expertise

• UK heat pump policy
• Boiler Upgrade Scheme
• Solar PV in UK homes
• Energy Performance Certificates
• MCS-certified installers

Affiliation

Credit Canary

Published on Propertoasty