1 Castle Yard, Guildenford, Burford OX18 4SB

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 145 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,900 · £4,900 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£3810.7 yrs+1.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£9547.1 yrs+4.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£8050+ yrs+3.8 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

£1,481
per year at grade C
£1,268
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £133 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £4,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £941 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 June 2018£685,000
30 October 2009£585,000
18 April 2007£475,000

Estimated today: £807,063 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Castle Yard: 5 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Burford Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St John the Evangelist CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary3.3 mi
Carterton Primary SchoolPrimary3.5 mi
Burford SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
Carterton Community CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well below average (2023/24)
The Cotswold AcademySecondary7.7 miProgress 8 +0.49 · above 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.

10.8
crimes a month
108
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028767, 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.