259 Lea Road, Gainsborough DN21 1AR

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 169 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £15,000 · £15,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2164.6 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£16729.9 yrs+3.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£23338.6 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£20050+ yrs+4.6 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

£2,653
per year at grade D
£1,837
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £616 a year — a 4.1% annual return on £15,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,591 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

7 August 2020£165,000
3 April 2014£98,000
18 September 1998£55,000

Estimated today: £206,811 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lea Road: 487 sales since 1995 · £104,467 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Benjamin Adlard Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St George's Church of England Community Primary School, GainsboroughPrimary0.8 mi
Frances Olive Anderson Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
The Gainsborough AcademySecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.81 · well below average (2023/24)
The Queen Elizabeth's High School, GainsboroughSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.26 · above average (2023/24)
Tuxford AcademySecondary11.3 miProgress 8 -0.20 · 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.

31.5
crimes a month
347
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026382, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lea Road

How this home sits against its street.

239
graded homes
60.5
average score
D
most common grade
-3.5
this home vs street
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