The Gorstella Gorstella, Welsh Road, Dodleston, Chester CH4 9LN

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 409 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas, Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £28,885 · £14,443 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2850.4 yrs+2.5 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£4664.5 yrs+4.1 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£2564.6 yrs+2.3 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£110£157.4 yrs+0.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£33814.8 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£31320.8 yrs+2.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£36524.7 yrs+3.2 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£12240.1 yrs+1.1 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

£4,970
per year at grade D
£2,811
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,159 a year — a 7.5% annual return on £28,885.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £3,290 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 September 2022£1,275,000
17 July 2017£950,000

Estimated today: £1,386,382 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Welsh Road: 19 sales since 1995 · £690,244 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dodleston CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Lache Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
The Catholic High School, ChesterSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports CollegeSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 -0.63 · well below average (2023/24)
Chester International SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -1.20 · well below 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.

Welsh Road

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
61.1
average score
B
most common grade
+0.9
this home vs street
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