26 Cryben, Gweek, Helston TR12 6UP

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 133 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £5,000 · £5,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8350+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£6450+ yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £8,000£7750+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,182
per year at grade D
£958
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £83 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £5,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £887 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 May 2007£245,000

Estimated today: £357,692 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Cryben: 35 sales since 1995 · £330,321 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Boskenwyn Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Garras Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Constantine Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Helston Community CollegeSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Mullion SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Penryn CollegeSecondary6.3 miProgress 8 +0.14 · 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.

5.8
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018880, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cryben

How this home sits against its street.

15
graded homes
52.5
average score
E
most common grade
+13.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.