8 Mandrake Close, Exeter EX2 8SF

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 74 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £5,500 · £5,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5020.2 yrs+5.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4650+ yrs+5.1 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3850+ 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

£934
per year at grade C
£800
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £96 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £5,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,205 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 May 2024£335,000
27 March 2008£200,000

Estimated today: £341,177 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Mandrake Close: 19 sales since 1995 · £280,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Alphington Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Thomas Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Ide Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
West Exe SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Isca AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
St Peter's Church of England Aided SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.33 · 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.

13.1
crimes a month
131
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019969, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Mandrake Close

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
61.2
average score
D
most common grade
+10.8
this home vs street
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