Higher Lodge, Spring Grove, Taunton TA4 1NW

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 145 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

GE for £22,100 · £11,050 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,500 – £500£4572.2 yrs+6.0 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£7892.7 yrs+10.4 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5718.7 yrs+7.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£44311.3 yrs+5.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£61814.6 yrs+8.1 pts · reaches E
Wind turbine(optional, beyond E)£15,000 – £25,000£47442.2 yrs+6.2 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

£7,950
per year at grade G
£4,598
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £2,878 a year — a 13.0% annual return on £22,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £7,848 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Spring Grove: 7 sales since 1995 · £365,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Milverton Community Primary School and Pre-SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Langford Budville Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Wiveliscombe Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Kingsmead AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Court Fields SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
The Castle SchoolSecondary7.3 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.

5.9
crimes a month
59
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029267, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Spring Grove

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
51.5
average score
C
most common grade
-43.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.