Covert House, Yelverton PL20 6DF

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 284 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £1,300 · £1,300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1192.5 yrs+2.6 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1397.2 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£120£619.7 yrs+0.1 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond D)£1,500 – £4,000£11523.9 yrs+2.5 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond D)£2,200 – £3,000£8530.4 yrs+1.8 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £14,000£15050+ yrs+3.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£9,000 – £14,000£12950+ yrs+2.8 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

£3,518
per year at grade E
£2,774
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £258 a year — a 19.8% annual return on £1,300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,932 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 February 2017£826,000
6 June 2000£360,000

Estimated today: £1,086,962 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Andrew's Church of England AcademyPrimary1.9 mi
Bickleigh Down Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Widewell Primary AcademyPrimary2.6 mi
Notre Dame RC SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegeSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Tor Bridge HighSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.11 · 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.

6.1
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020316, 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.