18 Swyre, Dorchester DT2 9DN

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 70 m² · Rented (private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DA for £31,023 · £10,341 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£720.3 yrs+3.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,500 – £2,000£16510.6 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8411.9 yrs+3.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£6939.6 yrs+3.1 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6550+ yrs+2.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£9150+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£7850+ yrs+3.5 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

£1,419
per year at grade D
£796
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £623 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £31,023.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £681 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 January 2020£290,000
16 May 2008£250,000
23 August 2004£242,000
17 July 1998£63,000

Estimated today: £348,579 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyPrimary1.8 mi
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Loders CofE Primary AcademyPrimary4.2 mi
The Sir John Colfox AcademySecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.01 · 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.

7.3
crimes a month
58
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020507, 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.