8 Cotes Place, Blacon, Chester CH1 5LP

Mid-Terrace bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 37 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3250+ yrs+6.9 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3450+ yrs+7.4 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£2750+ yrs+5.7 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

£680
per year at grade C
£587
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £66 a year — a 0.7% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £927 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Highfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
The Arches Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Dee Point Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports CollegeSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.63 · well below average (2023/24)
The Catholic High School, ChesterSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
Queen's Park High SchoolSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

15.9
crimes a month
175
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018316, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.