South View, West Down, Ilfracombe EX34 8NW

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 124 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

EC for £23,600 · £11,800 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1670.6 yrs+6.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18424.5 yrs+6.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£19825.2 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15432.5 yrs+5.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£21442.0 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£7250+ yrs+2.6 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

£2,142
per year at grade E
£1,153
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £917 a year — a 3.9% annual return on £23,600.

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.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
West Down SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Ilfracombe Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademySecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Braunton AcademySecondary4.8 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary6.2 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.

8.1
crimes a month
89
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020108, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.