Ivy Cottage, 12, Tincleton, Dorchester DT2 8QP

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 147 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

BA for £19,525 · £19,525 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1512.0 yrs+2.4 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£842.7 yrs+1.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£17728.3 yrs+2.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13736.4 yrs+2.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£19147.0 yrs+3.1 pts · reaches A

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

£2,170
per year at grade B
£1,429
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £741 a year — a 3.8% annual return on £19,525.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,889 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 October 2022£480,000

Estimated today: £454,294 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Puddletown Church of England First SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Frome Valley CofE First SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Broadmayne First SchoolPrimary3.7 mi
Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary5.6 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary8.4 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.

8.6
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020538, 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.