2 Beara Cottages, Tavistock PL19 8PL

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 65 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EB for £20,793 · £6,931 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£850.3 yrs+5.5 pts
Low energy lighting£20£44.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£10010.0 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£3611.0 yrs+2.4 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£8333.2 yrs+5.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6142.4 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7750+ yrs+5.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£10850+ yrs+7.0 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£9250+ yrs+6.0 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

£1,287
per year at grade E
£639
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £556 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £20,793.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,117 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 March 2015£260,000
21 June 2002£124,000
14 July 1997£57,500

Estimated today: £374,955 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Beara Cottages: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Milton Abbot Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Stoke Climsland SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Lamerton CofE Primary AcademyPrimary3.1 mi
Callington Community CollegeSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.28 · below average (2023/24)
Tavistock CollegeSecondary5.0 miProgress 8 -0.20 · average (2023/24)
Launceston CollegeSecondary6.1 miProgress 8 +0.22 · 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.

3.9
crimes a month
35
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 63% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020325, 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.