8 Higher Drive, Dawlish EX7 0AS

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 62 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,300 · £10,150 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£4721.1 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£50£224.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3950+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3750+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£4450+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches B

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

£954
per year at grade D
£785
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £169 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £20,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £572 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 June 2012£190,000
28 April 2011£195,000
27 February 2004£170,000

Estimated today: £324,941 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Higher Drive: 58 sales since 1995 · £293,458 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gatehouse Primary AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Westcliff Primary AcademyPrimary1.1 mi
Cockwood Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Dawlish CollegeSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter RoadSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Exmouth Community CollegeSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below 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.

5.6
crimes a month
62
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020231, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Higher Drive

How this home sits against its street.

22
graded homes
64.9
average score
D
most common grade
+1.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.