Higher Hare, Whitestone, Exeter EX4 2HW

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 108 m² · Owner-Occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GC for £10,880 · £2,720 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£2010.1 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation£350£1123.1 yrs+4.4 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,000 – £0£4633.2 yrs+18.1 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£23512.8 yrs+9.2 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£21813.8 yrs+8.5 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£18216.4 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches C

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

£2,456
per year at grade G
£1,045
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,411 a year — a 13.0% annual return on £10,880.

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
Tedburn St Mary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Exwick Heights Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Newton St Cyres Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
West Exe SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Queen Elizabeth'sSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Isca AcademySecondary5.3 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

5.2
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020262, 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.