8 Plackett Close, Breaston, Derby DE72 3UG

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 75 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,400 · £8,700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£350£3111.2 yrs+2.1 pts
Low energy lighting£50£317.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£6645.8 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£5150+ yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£6150+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£7150+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,228
per year at grade D
£946
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £282 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £17,400.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £811 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

13 September 2018£226,000
24 July 2002£110,000

Estimated today: £294,795 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Plackett Close: 34 sales since 1995 · £315,695 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Firfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Draycott Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary1.2 mi
Wilsthorpe SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
The Long Eaton SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.33 · below average (2023/24)
Friesland SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.03 · 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.

10.5
crimes a month
115
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019643, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Plackett Close

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
63.2
average score
D
most common grade
-0.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.