1 Barton Cottages, Whitestone, Exeter EX4 2LB

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 117 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £17,670 · £17,670 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£10010.0 yrs+4.5 pts
Low energy lighting£70£415.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6242.1 yrs+2.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7850+ yrs+3.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£10950+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£9350+ yrs+4.2 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

£1,516
per year at grade D
£1,070
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £353 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £17,670.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,324 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 July 2019£420,000
7 April 2006£307,500
8 December 2000£164,000
28 February 1997£60,000

Estimated today: £551,183 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Exwick Heights Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
St Gabriel's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Bowhill Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
West Exe SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Isca AcademySecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
St James SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 +0.09 · 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.