3 Rectory Close, Whimple, Exeter EX5 2UF

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 73 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FD for £18,225 · £9,113 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£564.0 yrs+3.5 pts
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£945.3 yrs+5.9 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8811.4 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£11742.6 yrs+7.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9150+ yrs+5.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£10950+ yrs+6.9 pts · reaches D

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

£1,523
per year at grade F
£968
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £555 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £18,225.

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

12 April 2016£355,000
5 November 2014£227,000

Estimated today: £504,267 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rectory Close: 15 sales since 1995 · £298,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Whimple Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Cranbrook Education CampusAll-through2.0 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Rockbeare Church of England Primary School and Pre-SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
The King's SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)
Clyst Vale Community CollegeSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
St Luke's Church of England SchoolSecondary5.8 miProgress 8 +0.29 · above 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.

6.7
crimes a month
67
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019962, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rectory Close

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
49
average score
D
most common grade
-24.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.