6 The Shields, Ilfracombe EX34 8HP

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 77 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,500 · £10,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£3528.5 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4350+ yrs+4.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£4750+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3650+ yrs+3.6 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

£1,071
per year at grade C
£909
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £126 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £10,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £643 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 March 2023£280,000
2 December 2016£185,000
14 May 2012£165,000
26 January 2001£74,000
13 March 1998£54,000

Estimated today: £274,899 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Shields: 109 sales since 1995 · £240,146 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Berrynarbor Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademySecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Braunton AcademySecondary6.9 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.

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.

The Shields

How this home sits against its street.

70
graded homes
73.3
average score
B
most common grade
-4.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.