5 Alder Drive, Aberdare CF44 8DA

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 71 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £14,020 · £7,010 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1432.1 yrs+5.5 pts
Low energy lighting£20£72.7 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£616.6 yrs+2.4 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£6019.9 yrs+2.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10225.4 yrs+4.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15429.2 yrs+6.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£16730.0 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£12938.6 yrs+5.0 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

£1,664
per year at grade D
£840
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £695 a year — a 5.0% annual return on £14,020.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,785 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 February 2025£120,000

Estimated today: £132,270 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Alder Drive: 3 sales since 1995 · £146,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The DfE register covers England. Welsh schools are held in a separate Welsh Government register, which we have not ingested yet.

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.

7.8
crimes a month
86
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 69% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA W01001151, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Alder Drive

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
64
average score
D
most common grade
-8.0
this home vs street
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