2 Cairnside, Ilfracombe EX34 8EW

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 99 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,500 · £5,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1158.7 yrs+5.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8611.7 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£10642.4 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8950+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,520
per year at grade D
£1,125
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £395 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £11,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,631 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 October 2015£245,500
24 October 2011£227,000
10 September 2003£191,500
14 June 1999£80,000
16 December 1996£67,000

Estimated today: £330,334 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cairnside: 22 sales since 1995 · £327,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
West Down SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Braunton AcademySecondary6.6 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary7.9 miProgress 8 -0.23 · 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.

6.5
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020117, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cairnside

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
60.7
average score
D
most common grade
+2.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.