Meadow View, Sowton, Exeter EX5 2AF

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 143 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £23,005 · £7,668 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2351.3 yrs+5.9 pts
Low energy lighting£30£122.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2753.6 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches E
Heating controls£350 – £450£1004.0 yrs+2.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2064.9 yrs+5.2 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£2095.6 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£16915.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£21423.4 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£25545.1 yrs+6.4 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

£3,082
per year at grade F
£1,406
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,676 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £23,005.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,519 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

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
Clyst St Mary Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Monkerton Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
St Luke's Church of England SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.29 · above average (2023/24)
St Peter's Church of England Aided SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above average (2023/24)
St James SchoolSecondary2.1 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.

11.5
crimes a month
126
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019898, 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.