7 John Gay Close, Barnstaple EX32 8DB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 90 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,373 · £5,686 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£650.3 yrs+4.2 pts
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£618.2 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches D
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£4210.8 yrs+2.7 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£2814.3 yrs+1.8 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7750+ yrs+4.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5950+ yrs+3.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£7150+ yrs+4.6 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

£1,203
per year at grade E
£800
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £332 a year — a 2.9% annual return on £11,373.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

John Gay Close: 22 sales since 1995 · £214,477 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Eden Park AcademyPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, BarnstaplePrimary0.4 mi
Newport Community School Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
The Park Community SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Braunton AcademySecondary5.3 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below 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.

16.4
crimes a month
180
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020103, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

John Gay Close

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
65.9
average score
C
most common grade
-16.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.