5 Uplands, Yetminster, Sherborne DT9 6JZ

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 113 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £4,900 · £2,450 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£2702.6 yrs+5.6 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,000 – £0£5332.8 yrs+11.0 pts · reaches D
Room-in-roof insulation£2,700 – £700£3734.6 yrs+7.7 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£2024.9 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,500 – £500£25012.0 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£21014.3 yrs+4.3 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

£3,490
per year at grade E
£1,651
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,379 a year — a 28.1% annual return on £4,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £2,203 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 August 2020£265,000

Estimated today: £313,842 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Uplands: 20 sales since 1995 · £298,125 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Thornford CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasPrimary2.1 mi
Buckler's Mead SchoolSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below average (2023/24)
Westfield AcademySecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.54 · well below average (2023/24)
Preston School AcademySecondary4.7 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above 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.

4.1
crimes a month
41
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020550, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Uplands

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
43.5
average score
E
most common grade
-1.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.