Pendale, Penhallow, Truro TR4 9NF

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 172 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, smokeless fuel

Upgrade Plan

GC for £33,013 · £8,253 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£2240.1 yrs+6.0 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1251.8 yrs+3.4 pts
High-performance doors£2,000 – £0£2104.8 yrs+5.7 pts
Low energy lighting£65£115.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Biomass boiler£5,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme£2,000 – £8,000£8735.7 yrs+23.5 pts · reaches E
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£9512.6 yrs+2.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£26219.0 yrs+7.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£20424.5 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£24326.8 yrs+6.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£28431.7 yrs+7.6 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£21850+ yrs+5.9 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

£4,082
per year at grade G
£1,333
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,531 a year — a 7.7% annual return on £33,013.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Mithian SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Blackwater Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Shortlanesend SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
Richard Lander SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Penair SchoolSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 +0.05 · average (2023/24)
Redruth SchoolSecondary6.1 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.

4.1
crimes a month
33
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018843, 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.