South Cottage, Buscot, Faringdon SN7 8DP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 203 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

DB for £42,000 · £21,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£2,500 – £500£9615.6 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9450+ yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£11250+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13050+ yrs+5.4 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£10050+ yrs+4.1 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

£3,291
per year at grade D
£2,759
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £532 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £42,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,831 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
St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Westrop Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Eastrop Infant SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Highworth Warneford SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.13 · average (2023/24)
Faringdon Community CollegeSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.03 · average (2023/24)
Farmor's SchoolSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 +0.03 · 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.

11.6
crimes a month
128
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028715, 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.