2 Briar Close, Blackfordby, Swadlincote DE11 8BW

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 62 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £13,187 · £13,187 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£23 – £50typical£49.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls£400typical£3312.0 yrs+1.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,000typical£6814.6 yrs+2.6 pts
Solar water heating£5,000typical£7150+ yrs+2.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£4,500 – £9,000typical£8550+ yrs+3.2 pts · reaches C

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges, except where marked typical, which this certificate did not price and which are taken instead from comparable homes of the same type. 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

£1,188
per year at grade D
£927
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £261 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £13,187.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2010, states £736 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 November 2019£189,950
13 August 2004£174,000
26 January 1995£57,500

Estimated today: £238,526 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Briar Close: 22 sales since 1995 · £282,590 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Moira Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Three Trees Infant AcademyPrimary1.1 mi
Granville AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
Ivanhoe SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Ashby SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.14 · 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.

5.9
crimes a month
53
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025952, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Briar Close

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
68.9
average score
C
most common grade
-8.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.