Fox Cottage Scale House, Skipton BD23 6ER

Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 147 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

EC for £12,805 · £6,403 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£287.9 yrs+3.6 pts
High-performance doors£2,000 – £0£4820.9 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£80£330.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4650+ yrs+5.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£5550+ yrs+7.0 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£5050+ yrs+6.2 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

£1,607
per year at grade E
£1,377
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £180 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £12,805.

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

3 December 2018£459,500
4 September 2015£491,000
12 March 2008£465,000
20 December 2002£270,000

Estimated today: £573,524 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Cracoe and Rylstone Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Embsay Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Gargrave Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
The Skipton AcademySecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.62 · well below average (2023/24)
Skipton Girls' High SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.45 · above average (2023/24)
Ermysted's Grammar SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above 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.

6.6
crimes a month
53
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027557, 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.