12 Alcester Street, Plymouth PL2 1EE

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 96 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,250 · £4,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£307.4 yrs+1.9 pts
Low energy lighting£25£39.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£6415.7 yrs+4.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£2317.2 yrs+1.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£3950+ yrs+2.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£5050+ yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£5950+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,044
per year at grade C
£776
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £159 a year — a 3.7% annual return on £4,250.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £616 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 February 2014£144,000
22 December 2008£170,000

Estimated today: £237,788 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Alcester Street: 131 sales since 1995 · £166,341 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Morice Town Primary AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
College Road Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Ford Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
UTC PlymouthSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -1.13 · well below average (2023/24)
Stoke Damerel Community CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Scott Medical and Healthcare CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.76 · well 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.

27.2
crimes a month
299
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015044, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Alcester Street

How this home sits against its street.

58
graded homes
57.1
average score
D
most common grade
+13.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.