2 The Close, Seafield Road, Sidmouth EX10 8HE

Semi-Detached maisonette · Built 1900-1929 · 85 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £10,500 · £5,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£1,0411.4 yrs+22.0 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£57215.7 yrs+12.0 pts · reaches C

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

£2,912
per year at grade E
£1,299
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,613 a year — a 15.4% annual return on £10,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,535 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 June 2021£245,000
15 March 2017£237,500
1 April 2015£250,000

Estimated today: £254,936 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Close: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sidmouth Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Newton Poppleford Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Sidbury Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Sidmouth CollegeSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
The King's SchoolSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 +0.34 · 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.

7
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Criminal damage and arson
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019957, 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.