2 Picketston Close, St. Athan, Barry CF62 4DN

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 66 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £15,000 · £7,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£24520.4 yrs+12.3 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8650+ yrs+4.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6750+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £8,000£7950+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,427
per year at grade D
£950
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £398 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £15,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £768 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 November 2023£200,000
18 April 2019£130,000
29 June 2015£119,000

Estimated today: £217,994 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Picketston Close: 49 sales since 1995 · £171,511 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.

8.3
crimes a month
91
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA W01001122, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Picketston Close

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
64
average score
D
most common grade
-2.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.