Flat 3, 8 Taw Vale, Barnstaple EX32 8NJ

Mid-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 47 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £10,100 · £5,050 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2880.3 yrs+7.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£6721.5 yrs+17.6 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£36924.4 yrs+9.7 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£12339.7 yrs+3.2 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

£2,060
per year at grade E
£608
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,329 a year — a 13.2% annual return on £10,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,348 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 April 2024£90,000
23 February 2007£92,000
16 June 2000£31,500

Estimated today: £85,566 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Taw Vale: 35 sales since 1995 · £172,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ashleigh CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Yeo Valley Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, BarnstaplePrimary0.5 mi
The Park Community SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Braunton AcademySecondary4.7 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.

17.2
crimes a month
189
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020096, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Taw Vale

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
50.5
average score
E
most common grade
-10.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.