Bridge House, Oakesmere, Appleton, Abingdon OX13 5JS

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 209 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £32,575 · £16,288 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8811.4 yrs+5.9 pts
Low energy lighting£75£419.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6850+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£8150+ yrs+5.4 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£7350+ 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

£2,152
per year at grade D
£1,839
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £313 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £32,575.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,528 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 October 2016£712,000
29 May 2009£526,000
23 March 2000£263,000
13 February 1995£172,250

Estimated today: £901,531 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Oakesmere: 18 sales since 1995 · £384,900 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Appleton Church of England (A) Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Dry Sandford Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Wootton St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Larkmead SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.02 · average (2023/24)
Matthew Arnold SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
Fitzharrys SchoolSecondary3.8 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.

3.7
crimes a month
26
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028711, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Oakesmere

How this home sits against its street.

25
graded homes
56.6
average score
D
most common grade
+4.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.