7 Thornicombe, Blandford Forum DT11 9AF

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 76 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £23,500 · £11,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8750+ yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9450+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7350+ yrs+4.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£10250+ yrs+6.0 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

£1,187
per year at grade D
£831
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £356 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £23,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £721 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 September 2021£382,500
31 January 2020£265,000

Estimated today: £421,053 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Spetisbury CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Blandford SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Queen Elizabeth's SchoolSecondary8.0 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Lytchett Minster SchoolSecondary8.1 miProgress 8 +0.38 · 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.

7.1
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020453, 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.