Beacon Cottage, Dray Road, Higher Odcombe, Yeovil BA22 8UG

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 71 m² · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood), Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

FE for £1,315 · £1,315 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£101.6 yrs+0.4 pts
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1891.6 yrs+8.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2214.5 yrs+9.7 pts · reaches E
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond E)£4,000 – £14,000£23937.6 yrs+10.5 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,555
per year at grade F
£896
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £420 a year — a 31.9% annual return on £1,315.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

18 March 2015£190,000
15 November 2013£180,000

Estimated today: £286,605 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dray Road: 27 sales since 1995 · £341,250 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
All Saints Church SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Kingfisher Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
West Coker CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Stanchester AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Preston School AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Westfield AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.54 · well below average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

6.2
crimes a month
62
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029181, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dray Road

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
48.8
average score
D
most common grade
-24.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.