8 Bucks Mills, Bideford EX39 5DY

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 77 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FC for £17,675 · £5,892 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £3,000£8273.0 yrs+17.1 pts · reaches E
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£3193.7 yrs+6.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£42011.9 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£45419.8 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£15232.3 yrs+3.1 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

£3,352
per year at grade F
£1,181
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,019 a year — a 11.4% annual return on £17,675.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £2,180 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 December 2022£500,000

Estimated today: £433,570 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Woolsery Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Parkham Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Buckland Brewer Primary SchoolPrimary4.4 mi
Atlantic AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
Bideford CollegeSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
Holsworthy Community CollegeSecondary12.1 miProgress 8 -0.32 · 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.

5.6
crimes a month
62
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020295, 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.