98 Torquay Road, Paignton TQ3 2AA

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 228 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £13,275 · £6,638 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£2420.9 yrs+4.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5092.0 yrs+8.7 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1852.2 yrs+3.2 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£50£222.2 yrs+0.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£3138.3 yrs+5.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£55116.3 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£47124.4 yrs+8.0 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

£3,996
per year at grade E
£1,702
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,823 a year — a 13.7% annual return on £13,275.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £2,369 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 May 2019£300,000
2 September 2013£245,000
29 November 2004£257,000

Estimated today: £374,795 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Torquay Road: 528 sales since 1995 · £156,038 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Oldway Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Sacred Heart Catholic SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Curledge Street AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Paignton AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.63 · well below average (2023/24)
Torquay Boys' Grammar SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)
Torquay Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.37 · 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.

66
crimes a month
726
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015231, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Torquay Road

How this home sits against its street.

315
graded homes
61.9
average score
D
most common grade
-20.9
this home vs street
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