6 Lower Downside, Downside, Shepton Mallet BA4 4JX

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 82 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £23,523 · £7,841 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1810.1 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£19623.0 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£21223.6 yrs+6.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£16430.5 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£22939.4 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches B

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

£2,382
per year at grade E
£1,401
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £981 a year — a 4.2% annual return on £23,523.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,452 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 April 2014£155,000
9 August 2002£120,000
17 December 1999£72,500
4 November 1996£42,500

Estimated today: £243,641 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & NurseryPrimary0.5 mi
St Paul's Church of England VC Junior SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Bowlish Infant SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
WhitstoneSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.06 · average (2023/24)
The Blue SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
Norton Hill AcademySecondary6.3 miProgress 8 +0.16 · 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.

11.1
crimes a month
111
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029064, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.