Homeowners often ask why Eva’s Energy Limited doesn’t operate nationwide.

The answer is simple: being local allows us to deliver better solar installations and better long-term support.

We only install solar systems in Bromley, South East London and the Kent border. This is a deliberate decision – not a limitation – designed to protect quality, availability, and accountability for our customers.

This local-first approach goes hand in hand with how we price our systems. In our previous blog, Why our solar pricing has no markup, we explain how transparent, trade-price access to equipment works – and why avoiding inflated margins allows us to focus on quality, service, and long-term support rather than volume installs.

Solar installation isn’t a one-day transaction

A residential solar installation doesn’t begin and end on install day. A well-designed system involves several stages, many of which work best when your installer is genuinely local:

An in-person site survey
Follow-up visits for additional measurements or roof checks
Time spent talking you through the quote, system design and trade-offs
One or two installation days
Commissioning and handover – testing the system, configuring the inverter and battery, setting up monitoring apps, and making sure you understand how everything works
Ongoing monitoring and future troubleshooting – support that may be needed months or even years later

Commissioning and handover usually happen on the same day as installation, or shortly afterwards. Monitoring and troubleshooting are different – they’re about keeping your system performing properly over time, as your home and technology change.

Why a local solar installer is more available

Because we operate close to home, we can be genuinely responsive in ways that larger or nationwide installers often can’t.

If something needs re-measuring after the survey, we can return quickly. If you want to talk through the quote or system design in person, that’s easy to arrange. If a scaffold change or access tweak is required, it doesn’t turn into a logistical headache involving multiple teams and long travel times.

On installation days, our team isn’t spending hours on the road before arriving on site. That means better focus, smoother installs, and more flexibility if something unexpected comes up.

Being local allows us to resolve small issues early – without delays, stress, or additional costs being passed on to the homeowner.

Long-term solar monitoring and support

Solar systems are reliable, but homes and technology evolve.

A homeowner might change their Wi-Fi network and disconnect inverter monitoring. An app update may need reconnecting. Occasionally, firmware needs checking. None of this means the system is faulty – but it does help to have an installer who can respond quickly and knows your installation.

Because we work locally, we can often resolve these issues promptly, in person, and usually without charge. There’s no call centre, no ticketing system, and no unfamiliar subcontractor trying to understand your system years later.

Why we chose to stay a local solar installer

Expanding our operating area would mean longer travel times, more subcontracting, higher costs built into quotes, and slower response times after installation.

By staying local, we protect the quality of our work and the experience of our customers.

Eva’s Energy is a family-run solar installer serving Bromley, Lewisham and the Kent border. We install systems for people in our community – and we expect to support many of them again in the future, whether that’s for monitoring questions, battery upgrades, EV chargers, or system expansions.

In solar, long-term accountability matters. Staying local allows us to stand behind our installations properly.