2 Barn Down, St. Giles, Torrington EX38 7JP

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 129 m² · Owner-Occupied · Portable electric heaters assumed for most rooms

Upgrade Plan

GE for £19,000 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£6238.0 yrs+10.0 pts · reaches F
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£48310.3 yrs+7.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£67313.4 yrs+10.9 pts · reaches E
Wind turbine(optional, beyond E)£15,000 – £25,000£51638.7 yrs+8.3 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

£7,256
per year at grade G
£4,960
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £1,780 a year — a 9.4% annual return on £19,000.

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
Beaford Community Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
High Bickington Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary3.6 mi
Great Torrington SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
The Park Community SchoolSecondary8.5 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary9.7 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.

6.4
crimes a month
45
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020308, 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.