2 Barton Gate, Challacombe, Barnstaple EX31 4TU

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 93 m² · Owner-Occupied · Portable electric heaters assumed for most rooms

Upgrade Plan

FB for £38,190 · £9,548 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£35£49.4 yrs+0.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6415.7 yrs+7.5 pts · reaches E
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£1446.6 yrs+1.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8550+ yrs+10.0 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6650+ yrs+7.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7950+ yrs+9.3 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£7150+ yrs+8.3 pts · reaches B

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

£1,547
per year at grade F
£1,164
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £383 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £38,190.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

31 March 2017£190,000
28 August 2009£150,000
29 January 2001£115,000
16 June 2000£103,000

Estimated today: £264,741 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Barton Gate: 5 sales since 1995 · £190,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Parracombe Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Bratton Fleming Community Primary SchoolPrimary3.5 mi
Brayford AcademyPrimary4.1 mi
South Molton Community CollegeSecondary10.1 miProgress 8 +0.01 · 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.

6.6
crimes a month
59
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 61% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020088, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Barton Gate

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
50.7
average score
D
most common grade
-12.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.