Jacobs Cottage, North Tawton EX20 2AB

Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 114 m² · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,100 · £1,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£621.6 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7313.7 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£45£314.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£4550+ yrs+2.3 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£5750+ yrs+2.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£6850+ yrs+3.4 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£2650+ yrs+1.3 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

£1,291
per year at grade D
£957
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £135 a year — a 12.3% annual return on £1,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £889 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 March 2015£240,000
4 October 2010£195,000
25 July 2003£145,000

Estimated today: £341,128 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
North Tawton Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.8 mi
Exbourne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
Winkleigh Primary SchoolPrimary3.9 mi
Okehampton CollegeSecondary5.8 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
Chulmleigh Community CollegeSecondary8.2 miProgress 8 +0.86 · well 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.

8.5
crimes a month
93
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020326, 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.