Dowerfield Cottage, Long Bredy, Dorchester DT2 9AA

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 247 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

ED for £10,400 · £10,400 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£1402.8 yrs+2.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£38513.0 yrs+6.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£29916.7 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches D

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

£4,062
per year at grade E
£3,237
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £825 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £10,400.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyPrimary1.2 mi
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolPrimary3.2 mi
Portesham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary4.0 mi
The Sir John Colfox AcademySecondary6.2 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Beaminster SchoolSecondary8.7 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
Wadham SchoolSecondary13.9 miProgress 8 -0.27 · 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.

6.3
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020512, to 2026-05. 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.