8 Willow Close, Porthcawl CF36 5AB

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 120 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £17,635 · £8,818 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£35£103.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1626.2 yrs+4.3 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3007.0 yrs+7.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£20122.4 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£21723.0 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£16829.7 yrs+4.5 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

£2,949
per year at grade E
£1,891
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,058 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £17,635.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,771 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 June 2023£292,000

Estimated today: £306,629 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Willow Close: 25 sales since 1995 · £288,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The DfE register covers England. Welsh schools are held in a separate Welsh Government register, which we have not ingested yet.

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.

5.3
crimes a month
48
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA W01001029, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Willow Close

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
60.8
average score
D
most common grade
-19.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.