Moorside Cottage, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0JH

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 124 m² · Unknown · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

FC for £24,108 · £8,036 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2250.1 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£35£123.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2633.8 yrs+5.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1965.1 yrs+4.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,400 – £3,200£5185.4 yrs+10.8 pts · reaches D
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£21812.6 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£20424.5 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£24347.3 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches C

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

£3,788
per year at grade F
£1,909
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,879 a year — a 7.8% annual return on £24,108.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,992 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 September 2014£455,000

Estimated today: £605,800 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Buckfastleigh Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, BuckfastPrimary3.2 mi
Ashburton Primary SchoolPrimary4.6 mi
South Dartmoor Community CollegeSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.06 · average (2023/24)
Ivybridge Community CollegeSecondary7.3 miProgress 8 +0.35 · 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.

4.9
crimes a month
54
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020157, 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.