1 Coombe Down Cottages, Beaminster DT8 3LZ

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 62 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £17,300 · £5,767 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,800 – £800£4452.9 yrs+15.5 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£22613.3 yrs+7.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£20914.4 yrs+7.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£17517.1 yrs+6.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£24428.7 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£6,500 – £500£8242.8 yrs+2.8 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

£2,293
per year at grade E
£912
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,299 a year — a 7.5% annual return on £17,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,476 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
Beaminster St Mary's AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
Beaminster SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
The Sir John Colfox AcademySecondary3.6 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Wadham SchoolSecondary6.5 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.

3.4
crimes a month
27
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020494, 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.