Lower Thorne, Presteigne LD8 2NN

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 127 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EA for £46,825 · £11,706 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£842.7 yrs+3.8 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2448.6 yrs+10.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£17719.2 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10924.0 yrs+4.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£16427.5 yrs+7.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13736.5 yrs+6.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£19147.1 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£14650+ yrs+6.6 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

£2,396
per year at grade E
£1,145
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £1,251 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £46,825.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,535 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 October 2020£440,000
17 September 2003£299,950

Estimated today: £522,959 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kington Primary SchoolPrimary4.8 mi
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary7.9 mi
Almeley Primary SchoolPrimary8.5 mi
Lady Hawkins' SchoolSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 -0.48 · 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.

4.6
crimes a month
37
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 68% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA W01000464, 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.