53 North Down Road, Plymouth PL2 3HL

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 69 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £7,675 · £3,838 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5817.2 yrs+4.5 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£4323.1 yrs+3.4 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£4426.7 yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5450+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£4550+ yrs+3.5 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

£1,057
per year at grade D
£813
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £199 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £7,675.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £635 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 September 2022£225,000
26 May 2011£155,000
9 January 2009£119,950

Estimated today: £241,184 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

North Down Road: 72 sales since 1995 · £218,537 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Montpelier Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Pennycross Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Mayflower AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Devonport High School for GirlsSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.78 · well above average (2023/24)
All Saints Church of England AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
Stoke Damerel Community CollegeSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.19 · 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.

2.4
crimes a month
19
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 68% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015104, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

North Down Road

How this home sits against its street.

38
graded homes
60.5
average score
D
most common grade
+5.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.