Fern Cottage, Bourton, Swindon SN6 8JH

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 123 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £12,673 · £6,336 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1520.1 yrs+3.8 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1500.7 yrs+3.7 pts
Low energy lighting£50£86.4 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £3,000£3507.1 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£17828.1 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13836.2 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£16539.5 yrs+4.1 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£6450+ yrs+1.6 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

£3,088
per year at grade E
£1,883
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £976 a year — a 7.7% annual return on £12,673.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,771 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shrivenham Church of England SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Bishopstone Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
The Dorcan AcademySecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Highworth Warneford SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Kingsdown SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below 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.

5.4
crimes a month
54
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028746, 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.