Border Cottage, Presteigne LD8 2HH

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 333 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £18,190 · £9,095 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£90£165.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£22611.5 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£34119.1 yrs+6.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£39822.6 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£30550+ yrs+5.9 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

£4,247
per year at grade E
£2,960
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £982 a year — a 5.4% annual return on £18,190.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £2,818 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 December 2005£280,000
2 December 2005£280,000

Estimated today: £478,935 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shobdon Primary SchoolPrimary3.7 mi
Pembridge CofE Primary SchoolPrimary4.5 mi
Kington Primary SchoolPrimary5.3 mi
Lady Hawkins' SchoolSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Wigmore SchoolSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Weobley High SchoolSecondary8.7 miProgress 8 -0.12 · 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.

4.7
crimes a month
14
in the last 12 months
Other theft
most common · 21% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01014052, 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.