5 Main Road, Tolpuddle, Dorchester DT2 7EJ

End-Terrace house · Built 1967-1975 · 104 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,155 · £5,578 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1397.2 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches C
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£2328.7 yrs+0.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12935.0 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10846.4 yrs+4.3 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

£1,817
per year at grade D
£1,419
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £398 a year — a 3.6% annual return on £11,155.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,178 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 December 2022£385,000
8 April 2008£206,000

Estimated today: £368,194 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Main Road: 174 sales since 1995 · £390,554 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Milborne St Andrew First SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Puddletown Church of England First SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Frome Valley CofE First SchoolPrimary3.8 mi
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary7.3 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary10.5 miProgress 8 -0.36 · 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.

5.5
crimes a month
60
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020540, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Main Road

How this home sits against its street.

78
graded homes
60.7
average score
D
most common grade
+5.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.