1 Beech Cottages, Chaffcombe Road, Chard TA20 4AT

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 99 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FD for £15,540 · £7,770 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£40£66.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1039.7 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12835.2 yrs+5.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£13836.2 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10746.6 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £14,000£14950+ yrs+6.4 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

£2,019
per year at grade F
£1,387
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £483 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £15,540.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,232 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 October 2024£293,000
17 August 2000£107,000

Estimated today: £304,526 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Beech Cottages: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Avishayes Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
The Redstart Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Manor Court Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Holyrood AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Axe Valley AcademySecondary7.7 miProgress 8 -0.40 · below average (2023/24)
The Woodroffe SchoolSecondary11.0 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.

6.5
crimes a month
65
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029230, 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.