Highcroft, Viscar, Wendron, Helston TR13 0LH

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 68 m² · Owner-occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GB for £31,875 · £6,375 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£912.5 yrs+4.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,600£3763.7 yrs+18.7 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1915.2 yrs+9.5 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1437.0 yrs+7.1 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£15817.4 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14833.7 yrs+7.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£20743.6 yrs+10.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£17750+ yrs+8.8 pts · reaches B

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

£2,056
per year at grade G
£565
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,491 a year — a 4.7% annual return on £31,875.

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 December 2013£153,000

Estimated today: £232,500 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Viscar: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Halwin SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Wendron Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Constantine Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Helston Community CollegeSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Penryn CollegeSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
Redruth SchoolSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 -0.17 · 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.

6.7
crimes a month
74
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 61% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018922, 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.