Springfield, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan, Truro TR4 8AY

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 132 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

ED for £15,485 · £15,485 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£534.4 yrs+1.8 pts
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£1109.5 yrs+3.7 pts
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£10811.1 yrs+3.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £7,000£11348.9 yrs+3.8 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£14550+ yrs+4.9 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

£2,264
per year at grade E
£1,735
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £529 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £15,485.

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

3 February 2014£245,000
28 June 2006£285,000
28 August 2002£180,000
30 July 1999£87,000

Estimated today: £368,094 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Forthvean Road: 13 sales since 1995 · £487,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mount Hawke AcademyPrimary1.7 mi
Portreath Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Illogan SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Redruth SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Pool AcademySecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.59 · well below average (2023/24)
Camborne Science and International AcademySecondary5.5 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.

Forthvean Road

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
45.8
average score
E
most common grade
-5.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.