61 Howard Road, Bournemouth BH8 9EA

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 157 m² · Rented (private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £21,345 · £7,115 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£111.8 yrs+0.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1201.9 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2514.0 yrs+6.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1885.3 yrs+4.7 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£15416.8 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19525.7 yrs+4.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£23249.5 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches B

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

£2,430
per year at grade E
£1,279
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,151 a year — a 5.4% annual return on £21,345.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,575 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 September 2016£535,000
26 November 2004£387,000

Estimated today: £685,515 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Howard Road: 99 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Queen's Park AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Queen's Park Infant AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
St. Walburga's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Bournemouth SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.71 · well above average (2023/24)
The Bishop of Winchester AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.12 · average (2023/24)
Bournemouth School for GirlsSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.54 · well above 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.

7.3
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015330, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Howard Road

How this home sits against its street.

47
graded homes
61.7
average score
D
most common grade
-8.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.