16 Hughes Avenue, Barnstaple EX32 9LN

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £14,500 · £14,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3450+ yrs+5.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3750+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£2950+ yrs+4.3 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

£870
per year at grade C
£770
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £100 a year — a 0.7% annual return on £14,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £557 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 June 2020£168,350
12 December 2003£132,950
4 January 2002£80,000
11 June 1999£56,500
26 November 1997£55,000

Estimated today: £206,700 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hughes Avenue: 71 sales since 1995 · £202,300 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newport Community School Primary AcademyPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Eden Park AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Ashleigh CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
The Park Community SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary1.6 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.

Hughes Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

64
graded homes
67.1
average score
C
most common grade
+2.9
this home vs street
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