Sunset Cottage, Helston TR13 0RB

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 208 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, coal

Upgrade Plan

FD for £9,173 · £4,586 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2570.1 yrs+5.6 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3013.3 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches E
Heating controls£350 – £450£1093.7 yrs+2.4 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£24911.0 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£23321.4 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £14,000£32527.7 yrs+7.1 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

£3,498
per year at grade F
£2,024
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,149 a year — a 12.5% annual return on £9,173.

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

29 January 2010£375,000

Estimated today: £588,111 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Porthleven SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Nansloe AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
Parc Eglos SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Helston Community CollegeSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Mullion SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Hayle AcademySecondary8.3 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

3.8
crimes a month
34
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 56% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018905, 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.