4 The Paddocks, Lower Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 2PZ

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 227 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,628 · £9,628 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£225typical£1391.6 yrs+2.1 pts
Low energy lighting£30 – £75typical£134.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,600typical£17914.5 yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£27025.0 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£2,750 – £20,000typical£24247.0 yrs+3.7 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£2,647
per year at grade D
£1,804
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £601 a year — a 6.2% annual return on £9,628.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2009, states £1,567 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 March 2010£635,000
31 July 2002£490,000
1 November 1999£320,000

Estimated today: £1,001,468 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Paddocks: 12 sales since 1995 · £640,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Stalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St Nicholas CofE Primary School, HenstridgePrimary2.0 mi
St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, MarnhullPrimary2.4 mi
Sturminster Newton High SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Gillingham SchoolSecondary7.2 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
King Arthur's SchoolSecondary7.3 miProgress 8 -0.21 · 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.

6.5
crimes a month
72
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020434, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Paddocks

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
69.5
average score
C
most common grade
-7.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.