7 Melbourne Cotts, Plymouth PL1 5HG

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 103 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,225 · £9,225 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£464.8 yrs+2.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£9810.2 yrs+4.2 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3611.3 yrs+1.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6043.4 yrs+2.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7650+ yrs+3.3 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£10550+ yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£9050+ yrs+3.9 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

£1,634
per year at grade D
£1,123
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £315 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £9,225.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £957 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 January 2015£136,450

Estimated today: £215,945 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Melbourne Cotts: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Cathedral School of St MaryPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Pilgrim Primary AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Millbay AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Devonport High School for BoysSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Stoke Damerel Community CollegeSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.19 · 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.

35.6
crimes a month
392
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015153, 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.