Thistledown, Lyons Gate, Dorchester DT2 7AZ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 115 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £10,030 · £5,015 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£560.5 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£6510.7 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Loft insulation£350£3111.2 yrs+1.7 pts
Heating controls£450£2418.9 yrs+1.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£4037.3 yrs+2.2 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£5150+ yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£6150+ yrs+3.3 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

£1,298
per year at grade D
£970
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £328 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £10,030.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £749 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Cerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Piddle Valley Church of England First SchoolPrimary4.8 mi
The Gryphon SchoolSecondary7.5 miProgress 8 -0.06 · average (2023/24)
Sturminster Newton High SchoolSecondary9.7 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary9.7 miProgress 8 -0.50 · 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 · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020509, 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.