5 Petrel Close, Torquay TQ2 7SP

End-Terrace house · Built 1991-1995 · 51 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

CB for £1,500 · £1,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£637.9 yrs+1.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7912.6 yrs+2.3 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£6150+ yrs+1.8 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

£1,026
per year at grade C
£822
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £143 a year — a 9.5% annual return on £1,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,056 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 October 2007£159,000
7 September 1999£62,000

Estimated today: £215,718 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Petrel Close: 16 sales since 1995 · £140,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kingskerswell Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Shiphay Learning AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Lift Barton HillPrimary0.9 mi
Torquay Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above average (2023/24)
Torquay Boys' Grammar SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)
Torquay AcademySecondary1.2 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.

19.7
crimes a month
217
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015253, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Petrel Close

How this home sits against its street.

42
graded homes
73.9
average score
C
most common grade
+4.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.