243 Rhode Lane, Bridgwater TA6 6HB

End-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 88 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £18,725 · £9,363 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£683.3 yrs+2.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£2837.1 yrs+10.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£14434.8 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11144.9 yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£13348.9 yrs+4.9 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

£1,858
per year at grade D
£1,119
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £739 a year — a 3.9% annual return on £18,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,011 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 September 2015£130,000
24 April 2006£45,000

Estimated today: £189,385 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rhode Lane: 189 sales since 1995 · £155,264 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hamp Nursery and Infants' SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Hamp AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Westover Green Community School and Autism CentrePrimary0.7 mi
Robert Blake SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
Haygrove SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.21 · above average (2023/24)
Chilton Trinity SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.12 · 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.

20.1
crimes a month
221
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029099, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rhode Lane

How this home sits against its street.

185
graded homes
66.8
average score
C
most common grade
-10.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.