274 Bickenhall, Taunton TA3 6TX

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 76 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FB for £25,500 · £6,375 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£5303.8 yrs+15.8 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£24918.1 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£26918.6 yrs+8.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£20923.9 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£29130.9 yrs+8.6 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

£2,718
per year at grade F
£1,169
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,549 a year — a 6.1% annual return on £25,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,742 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 July 2020£310,000
8 September 1997£76,500
29 July 1996£71,000

Estimated today: £388,080 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Thurlbear Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Ashill Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Bishop Fox's SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Monkton Wood AcademySecondary5.2 miAttainment 8 41.4 · no Progress 8 published
The Castle SchoolSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 +0.60 · well above 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.

15
crimes a month
165
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029270, 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.