Ruby Cottage, Box Tree Lane, Postcombe, Thame OX9 7DS

Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 186 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation(optional, beyond C)£400£567.2 yrs+3.0 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£35£312.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£5150+ yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£6150+ yrs+3.2 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

£1,598
per year at grade C
£1,428
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £959 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Box Tree Lane: 22 sales since 1995 · £614,375 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Lewknor Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Tetsworth Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Icknield Community CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
Lord Williams's SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.06 · average (2023/24)
Princes Risborough SchoolSecondary6.5 miProgress 8 -0.08 · 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.

8.4
crimes a month
67
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028679, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Box Tree Lane

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
45.2
average score
E
most common grade
+23.8
this home vs street
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