Flat C2, Princes Gate, 55 Grove Road, Bournemouth BH1 3AW

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 97 m² · Owner-Occupied · Community scheme

Upgrade Plan

DC for £11,915 · £11,915 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1765.7 yrs+3.4 pts
Low energy lighting£60£105.8 yrs+0.2 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£8514.1 yrs+1.7 pts
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£3916.9 yrs+0.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£25535.3 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches C

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

£1,870
per year at grade D
£1,304
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £566 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £11,915.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,123 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 September 2024£480,000
11 October 2012£390,000
1 October 2009£350,000
1 February 2006£400,000

Estimated today: £453,790 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Grove Road: 506 sales since 1995 · £326,170 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Livingstone Academy BournemouthAll-through0.4 mi
Bethany Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Malmesbury Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Bournemouth SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.71 · well above average (2023/24)
Avonbourne Girls AcademySecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.40 · above average (2023/24)
The Bishop of Winchester AcademySecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.12 · 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.

21
crimes a month
231
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015291, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Grove Road

How this home sits against its street.

191
graded homes
65.5
average score
D
most common grade
-3.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.