Valley View Cottage, The Slad, Longhope GL17 0PT

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 56 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £32,535 · £16,268 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£356.7 yrs+2.5 pts
High-performance doors£900 – £1,200£7713.6 yrs+5.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £7,000£7550+ yrs+5.4 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£9750+ yrs+6.9 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£10550+ yrs+7.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£9050+ yrs+6.4 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £20,000£8050+ 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

£2,474
per year at grade E
£1,915
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £479 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £32,535.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,215 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 May 2014£186,000
26 August 2010£180,000

Estimated today: £317,182 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Slad: 22 sales since 1995 · £349,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Huntley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Hope Brook CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Mitcheldean Endowed Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Dene Magna and Sixth FormSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.05 · average (2023/24)
SGS Forest High SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.78 · well below average (2023/24)
Newent Community School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.65 · 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.

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.

6.2
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 61% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022230, to 2026-01. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Slad

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
55.8
average score
D
most common grade
-16.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.