7 Orchard Road, Plymouth PL2 2QX

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 69 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £13,520 · £6,760 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£54.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1158.7 yrs+6.9 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8611.7 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8950+ yrs+5.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£10650+ yrs+6.4 pts · reaches B

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

£1,264
per year at grade D
£864
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £400 a year — a 3.0% annual return on £13,520.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £822 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 December 2017£105,000
17 March 2003£31,565

Estimated today: £149,423 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Orchard Road: 102 sales since 1995 · £211,192 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mayflower AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
Montpelier Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Pennycross Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Devonport High School for GirlsSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.78 · well above average (2023/24)
All Saints Church of England AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Scott Medical and Healthcare CollegeSecondary0.8 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.

17
crimes a month
187
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 59% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015078, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Orchard Road

How this home sits against its street.

41
graded homes
60.1
average score
D
most common grade
-2.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.