1 Tor Close, Porthleven, Helston TR13 9AE

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 91 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £8,130 · £4,065 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1540.2 yrs+4.6 pts
High-retention storage heaters£3,000 – £0£3564.2 yrs+10.7 pts · reaches D
Party wall insulation£600£986.1 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£18116.6 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£16718.0 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£14021.4 yrs+4.2 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

£2,788
per year at grade E
£1,692
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £956 a year — a 11.8% annual return on £8,130.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,683 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 July 2020£160,160

Estimated today: £195,247 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Tor Close: 18 sales since 1995 · £212,110 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Porthleven SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Breage CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Nansloe AcademyPrimary1.7 mi
Helston Community CollegeSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Mullion SchoolSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Hayle AcademySecondary8.0 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.

5.3
crimes a month
58
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 69% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018907, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Tor Close

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
62.9
average score
C
most common grade
-21.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.