Well Diggers Cottage, Launceston PL15 8JZ

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 48 m² · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

FB for £21,358 · £5,339 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1360.2 yrs+6.8 pts · reaches E
High-retention storage heaters£900 – £1,200£3143.3 yrs+15.7 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£35£75.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1596.3 yrs+8.0 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£13220.8 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12340.5 yrs+6.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£14750+ yrs+7.4 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£5850+ yrs+2.9 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

£2,020
per year at grade F
£944
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,018 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £21,358.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £939 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 July 2013£158,000
14 May 2002£46,000

Estimated today: £240,885 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Tregadillett Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
St Stephens Community AcademyPrimary1.5 mi
Werrington Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Launceston CollegeSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
Callington Community CollegeSecondary10.7 miProgress 8 -0.28 · 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.

5.6
crimes a month
45
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018952, 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.