18 Hardy Close, Torquay TQ1 2DW

Detached house · Built 2003-2006 · 215 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£30 – £75typical£77.4 yrs+0.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £9,000typical£15045.0 yrs+2.9 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,706
per year at grade C
£1,549
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £1,052 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 September 2012£662,000
1 December 2010£605,000
5 December 2001£265,000

Estimated today: £1,036,979 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hardy Close: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Warberry CofE AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Ilsham Church of England AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Ellacombe Church of England AcademyPrimary1.2 mi
The Spires CollegeSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Torquay AcademySecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.03 · average (2023/24)
St Cuthbert Mayne SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.75 · well below 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.

14.9
crimes a month
164
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015268, 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.