West View, Umberleigh EX37 9AF

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 99 m² · Owner-occupied · Portable electric heaters assumed for most rooms

Upgrade Plan

GD for £10,553 · £3,518 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2940.1 yrs+8.9 pts
Low energy lighting£30£152.0 yrs+0.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,500 – £2,000£6782.6 yrs+20.5 pts · reaches F
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2573.9 yrs+7.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£2859.6 yrs+8.6 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£26718.7 yrs+8.1 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£9,000 – £14,000£31936.1 yrs+9.6 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

£3,255
per year at grade G
£1,140
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,796 a year — a 17.0% annual return on £10,553.

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
Umberleigh Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
High Bickington Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary2.7 mi
Swimbridge Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.4 mi
The Park Community SchoolSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
South Molton Community CollegeSecondary6.4 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary6.9 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.

4.9
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020097, 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.