3 George Barton, Combe St. Nicholas, Chard TA20 3LR

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 121 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FC for £18,280 · £6,093 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£120£2980.4 yrs+5.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,600 – £600£6963.0 yrs+12.9 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£60£153.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£3538.5 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£3279.2 yrs+6.1 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£27410.9 yrs+5.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£38218.3 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£6,500 – £500£12827.4 yrs+2.4 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

£4,286
per year at grade F
£1,812
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,346 a year — a 12.8% annual return on £18,280.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £2,526 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 August 2021£265,000
15 April 2004£139,950
31 March 1998£45,000

Estimated today: £307,229 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
The Redstart Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Manor Court Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Holyrood AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Axe Valley AcademySecondary7.9 miProgress 8 -0.40 · below average (2023/24)
The Woodroffe SchoolSecondary11.7 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.

5.8
crimes a month
52
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029153, 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.