Beacon Down, Rewe, Exeter EX5 4DX

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 222 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £15,430 · £5,143 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1940.2 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£2263.1 yrs+6.4 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£2,700 – £700£3125.4 yrs+8.9 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£21014.3 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£17617.1 yrs+5.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£24528.6 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£25,000 – £0£18850+ yrs+5.3 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

£3,440
per year at grade F
£1,890
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,362 a year — a 8.8% annual return on £15,430.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £2,328 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
Silverton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Thorverton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Stoke Canon Church of England Primary School and Pre-SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Clyst Vale Community CollegeSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
St James SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
St Luke's Church of England SchoolSecondary4.5 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.

5.9
crimes a month
53
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019903, 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.