7 Gifford Close, Chard TA20 1BP

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 57 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £8,765 · £4,383 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£28.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£4224.0 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3550+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3250+ yrs+4.1 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£3950+ yrs+4.9 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

£850
per year at grade D
£701
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £110 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £8,765.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £570 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 April 2021£197,000
22 May 2014£159,950
9 December 2009£147,000
10 June 2002£109,950
14 May 1997£48,600

Estimated today: £232,692 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Gifford Close: 92 sales since 1995 · £198,028 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Redstart Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Avishayes Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Manor Court Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Holyrood AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Axe Valley AcademySecondary6.8 miProgress 8 -0.40 · below average (2023/24)
The Woodroffe SchoolSecondary10.4 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.

11.9
crimes a month
131
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029173, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Gifford Close

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
66.6
average score
D
most common grade
+1.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.