Echo Beach, Porthtowan, Truro TR4 8AF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 103 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

ED for £15,500 · £15,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,500 – £500£7114.2 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8250+ yrs+4.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8850+ yrs+4.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6850+ yrs+3.8 pts · reaches D

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

£1,974
per year at grade E
£1,665
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £309 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £15,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,023 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mount Hawke AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
St Agnes AcademyPrimary2.4 mi
Treleigh Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Redruth SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Pool AcademySecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.59 · well below average (2023/24)
Camborne Science and International AcademySecondary5.8 miProgress 8 -0.15 · 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.

3.9
crimes a month
39
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018825, 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.