Post Office Cottage, Ashcombe, Dawlish EX7 0GW

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 74 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

DA for £35,000 · £11,667 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£2817.8 yrs+7.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3250+ yrs+8.8 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3550+ yrs+9.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£2750+ yrs+7.3 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£2950+ yrs+7.8 pts · reaches A

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

£1,086
per year at grade D
£934
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £152 a year — a 0.4% annual return on £35,000.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Chudleigh Church of England Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
Westcliff Primary AcademyPrimary3.2 mi
Gatehouse Primary AcademyPrimary3.3 mi
Dawlish CollegeSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Teignmouth Community School, Exeter RoadSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
Teign SchoolSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.43 · 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.

7.2
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020245, 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.