Close Cottage, Embleton, Cockermouth CA13 9YA

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 122 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FC for £35,328 · £11,776 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2120.1 yrs+4.4 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2090.5 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2484.0 yrs+5.1 pts
Low energy lighting£55£115.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1855.4 yrs+3.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£20613.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19326.0 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£26833.5 yrs+5.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£23050+ yrs+4.7 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£9050+ yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C

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

£4,466
per year at grade F
£2,614
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,852 a year — a 5.2% annual return on £35,328.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,195 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

How Close: 2 sales since 1995 · £184,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bassenthwaite Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
All Saints' CofE SchoolPrimary3.3 mi
Lorton SchoolPrimary3.6 mi
Cockermouth SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Keswick SchoolSecondary6.4 miProgress 8 +0.39 · above average (2023/24)
Beacon Hill Community SchoolSecondary7.3 miProgress 8 -1.37 · 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.

5.9
crimes a month
59
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019090, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

How Close

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
43.1
average score
F
most common grade
-12.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.