79 Wakeham, Portland DT5 1HW

End-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 44 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £30,540 · £10,180 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£831.2 yrs+6.0 pts
Low energy lighting£40£49.3 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9850+ yrs+7.2 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7650+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£9150+ yrs+6.6 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£10650+ yrs+7.7 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£3650+ yrs+2.6 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

£1,217
per year at grade E
£722
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £495 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £30,540.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £827 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 April 2006£130,000
30 March 2000£59,000
18 November 1998£42,000
17 October 1997£37,950

Estimated today: £214,589 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wakeham: 306 sales since 1995 · £239,131 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St George's Foundation Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Atlantic Academy PortlandAll-through1.3 miProgress 8 -0.74 · well below average (2023/24)
Wyke Regis Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary4.0 mi
All Saints' Church of England AcademySecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Budmouth Academy WeymouthSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 -0.62 · well below average (2023/24)
Wey Valley AcademySecondary7.0 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.

13.6
crimes a month
150
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020562, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wakeham

How this home sits against its street.

123
graded homes
55.6
average score
D
most common grade
-9.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.