Orchardcroft, Tavistock PL19 9LT

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 140 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FC for £24,550 · £8,183 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1222.5 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1437.0 yrs+5.8 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£527.7 yrs+2.1 pts
High-performance doors£2,000 – £0£1148.8 yrs+4.7 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£11823.2 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8829.6 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11145.1 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£13250+ yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C

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

£1,968
per year at grade F
£1,088
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £880 a year — a 3.6% annual return on £24,550.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

14 April 2021£525,000
20 April 2012£360,000

Estimated today: £590,317 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
St Rumon's Church of England Infants SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
St Peter's Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Tavistock CollegeSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.20 · average (2023/24)
Notre Dame RC SchoolSecondary10.6 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegeSecondary11.0 miProgress 8 -0.10 · 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.

2.9
crimes a month
26
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020324, 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.