Willows Bowcombe, Kingsbridge TQ7 2DN

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 170 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

GE for £2,575 · £1,288 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2891.0 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1611.4 yrs+3.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3393.0 yrs+7.3 pts
Low energy lighting£50£153.4 yrs+0.3 pts
High-performance doors£1,500 – £500£2713.7 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches E
Wind turbine(optional, beyond E)£1,500 – £4,000£2819.8 yrs+6.1 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond E)£4,000 – £6,000£26319.0 yrs+5.7 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

£3,796
per year at grade G
£2,178
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £1,075 a year — a 41.7% annual return on £2,575.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

19 July 2013£665,000
26 November 2008£495,000

Estimated today: £949,127 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kingsbridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Charleton Church of England AcademyPrimary1.1 mi
West Alvington Church of England AcademyPrimary1.8 mi
Kingsbridge AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.28 · 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.

4.4
crimes a month
44
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020174, 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.