The Pump House, Piddlehinton, Dorchester DT2 7SY

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 123 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £7,450 · £3,725 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£450£568.1 yrs+2.5 pts
Flat roof insulation£1,500 – £500£1178.6 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£15319.5 yrs+6.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£14221.1 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£11925.2 yrs+5.3 pts

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

£1,639
per year at grade E
£1,052
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £468 a year — a 6.3% annual return on £7,450.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,066 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
Puddletown Church of England First SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Piddle Valley Church of England First SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterPrimary3.5 mi
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary8.9 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.

7.9
crimes a month
71
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020539, 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.