Flat 3 Cumbernauld, Higher Erith Road, Torquay TQ1 2NQ

End-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 44 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FE for £252 · £252 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£23 – £30typical£1130.2 yrs+3.2 pts
Loft insulation£225typical£633.6 yrs+1.8 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond E)£15 – £30typical£63.9 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond E)£1,000 – £1,500typical£2604.8 yrs+7.4 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond E)£9,000typical£14350+ yrs+4.1 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond E)£1,250 – £4,900typical£4850+ yrs+1.4 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

£2,094
per year at grade F
£1,462
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £176 a year — a 69.8% annual return on £252.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £838 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 November 2015£85,000
15 March 2000£32,600
25 September 1997£30,500

Estimated today: £102,869 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Higher Erith Road: 306 sales since 1995 · £134,639 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ilsham Church of England AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Warberry CofE AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
All Saints Babbacombe CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
The Spires CollegeSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
St Cuthbert Mayne SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.75 · well below average (2023/24)
Torquay AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.03 · 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.

Higher Erith Road

How this home sits against its street.

179
graded homes
61.6
average score
C
most common grade
-26.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.