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Solar panel installers · North Yorkshire

Solar panels in York from your local MCS-certified team

Cut your energy bills by £900–£1,400 a year with a properly designed solar and battery system. We're a small Leeds-based team fitting solar across York — no commission salesmen, no hard sell, just a fixed written quote.

  • MCS certified
  • NAPIT registered
  • TrustMark endorsed
  • 50+ years combined experience
Covering postcodes
YO1YO10YO23YO24YO26YO30YO31
Free, no-obligation quote

Get your York solar quote

We'll be in touch within one working day. No call centre, no commission salesmen.

We never pass your details to third parties. Read our privacy policy.

Why choose CJN Solar

What you get when you go with a Yorkshire local team.

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No commission salesmen

Nobody knocking on doors in York. Nobody calling you at dinner. If you're paying us, you've come to us.

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Fixed written quotes

Itemised, signed, no day-of-install surprises. The price we quote is the price you pay.

MCS, NAPIT & TrustMark certified

Required for SEG export payments and government-endorsed quality. We're registered with all three.

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Tidy, properly handed-over installs

Floors protected, cables routed neatly, system demoed before we leave. Same team if you call six months later.

York
What you could save

Typical York home, with solar + battery

Typical system size
4–6 kWp
Annual generation in York
3,400–4,200 kWh
Annual bill saving
£900–£1,400
Typical payback
7–10 years
Indicative figures based on a typical south facing roof and current electricity prices. We'll model your specific roof and usage in the free survey before giving you a fixed price.
Why York

Why solar panels work for York homes

York has the most complex housing-stock mix of any city we serve. Centuries-old timber-framed and stone buildings inside the city walls (mostly listed, mostly not viable for solar), Victorian and Edwardian terraces in the Bishopthorpe Road and Burton Stone Lane areas, plus generous post-war and modern stock at Acomb, Clifton Moor and Huntington. Properties outside the walls survey well; the modern outer estates are some of the most straightforward installs we do.

What our York solar installs include

Anything within the central conservation area or on a listed property needs a serious planning conversation with City of York Council — we'll be honest at the survey about which addresses are realistic candidates and which aren't. The vast majority of York's residential roof stock outside the city walls is permitted-development territory and surveys quickly.

York is one of our most-served North Yorkshire cities — a regular trip up the A64. We cover every YO city postcode, from the medieval core out to Acomb, Heslington, Clifton, Huntington and Haxby.

How it works

From first chat to a quietly humming inverter, in four steps.

  1. 01

    Free survey

    We come to your York home, look at the roof, check the loft, review your last 12 months of bills.

  2. 02

    Written quote

    A fixed-price, itemised quote with the panel and battery brands listed, expected yield and your payback timeline.

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    Tidy install

    Most domestic jobs take 1–2 days. We protect floors, tidy as we go, and commission the system before we leave.

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    Aftercare

    MCS certificate, DNO notification and SEG-ready handover pack. Same team picks up the phone six months later.

Our promise

We'll tell you if solar isn't right for your York roof.

We've walked away from jobs where the roof wasn't right, the orientation didn't work, or the payback maths didn't add up. Costs us a sale; saves you a regret. You'll get a straight answer at the survey — not a sales pitch.

  • Free home survey
  • Fixed written quote
  • 25-year panel warranty
  • No commission salesmen
  • Yorkshire-based team
Common questions

York solar — your questions answered

  • Sometimes, but it's rare. Listed-building consent is required and York's conservation team is appropriately cautious. Rear-roof, non-prominent installs occasionally pass on later Grade II listings; central Grade I and Grade II* properties almost never do.

  • Yes — Haxby, Huntington, Clifton, Acomb, Heslington and the Tadcaster Road corridor are all part of our normal York patch.

  • A 4 kWp install with a 5 kWh battery on a typical York semi is £8,500–£11,500. Larger period homes in Bishopthorpe or Clifton sometimes suit 6–8 kWp systems with bigger batteries; we size to your real consumption, not your roof size.

Nearby

We also cover these areas

If you're just outside York, we likely still cover you — try the surrounding towns or just give us a ring.

Ready when you are

Get your free York solar quote — no pressure.

A 30-minute home survey, a fixed written quote a few days later, and an honest answer about whether solar suits your Yorkhome. That's it.

Free, no-obligation quote

Get your York solar quote

We'll be in touch within one working day. No call centre, no commission salesmen.

We never pass your details to third parties. Read our privacy policy.