2 Melville Close, Barry CF62 9QD

Semi-Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £14,525 · £14,525 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£210.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5350+ yrs+4.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5750+ yrs+5.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4450+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,098
per year at grade C
£942
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £156 a year — a 1.1% annual return on £14,525.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £695 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 January 2021£244,000
14 November 2019£165,000

Estimated today: £311,351 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Melville Close: 15 sales since 1995 · £182,863 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.

14.5
crimes a month
159
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA W01001097, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Melville Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
58.4
average score
D
most common grade
+10.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.