Flat 1 The Villa, 7 Merchants Road, Clifton BS8 4HD

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1900-1929 · 48 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £14,000 · £14,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10846.3 yrs+4.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£11750+ yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£3950+ yrs+1.5 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

£942
per year at grade D
£678
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £225 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £14,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £600 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 July 2024£137,500
25 April 2019£125,000
17 November 2014£99,500
7 July 2011£78,000
2 May 2003£135,000

Estimated today: £137,219 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Merchants Road: 269 sales since 1995 · £452,453 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Hotwells Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Ashton Gate Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24)
Cotham SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.10 · average (2023/24)
Ashton Park SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.31 · 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.

13.2
crimes a month
132
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01014546, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Merchants Road

How this home sits against its street.

130
graded homes
71.8
average score
C
most common grade
-8.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.