2 The Old Science Block, Old School Close, Poole BH14 0NL

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 64 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

ED for £2,500 · £2,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£2675.6 yrs+11.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1357.4 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£3,500 – £5,500£12535.9 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£10547.6 yrs+4.5 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

£2,419
per year at grade E
£1,787
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £402 a year — a 16.1% annual return on £2,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,527 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 June 2020£286,000
1 September 2017£200,000
14 December 2007£240,000
31 October 2006£190,000
23 July 2004£180,000

Estimated today: £339,806 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Old School Close: 9 sales since 1995 · £277,875 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Ocean Academy PoolePrimary0.4 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, PoolePrimary0.6 mi
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, PooleSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
Poole High SchoolSecondary1.3 miAttainment 8 51.0 · no Progress 8 published
St Aldhelm's AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.58 · well below 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.

13.8
crimes a month
152
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015456, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Old School Close

How this home sits against its street.

31
graded homes
73.4
average score
C
most common grade
-34.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.