42 Bimport, Shaftesbury SP7 8BA

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 96 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £4,150 · £2,075 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£960.3 yrs+3.7 pts
Draughtproofing£120£951.3 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1126.2 yrs+4.3 pts
Loft insulation£350£546.5 yrs+2.1 pts
Heating controls£450£4111.0 yrs+1.6 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£8411.9 yrs+3.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£6921.7 yrs+2.6 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£8734.4 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£10438.4 yrs+4.0 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£6,500 – £500£4150+ 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

£1,966
per year at grade E
£1,183
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £551 a year — a 13.3% annual return on £4,150.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,374 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 May 2019£265,000
1 May 2015£250,000

Estimated today: £323,367 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bimport: 75 sales since 1995 · £526,420 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, ShaftesburyPrimary0.2 mi
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Motcombe CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Shaftesbury SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
Gillingham SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Sturminster Newton High SchoolSecondary6.5 miProgress 8 -0.39 · 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.

21.1
crimes a month
232
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020454, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bimport

How this home sits against its street.

47
graded homes
62.4
average score
D
most common grade
-13.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.