5 Nicolson Close, Gloucester GL3 1DN

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 153 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £925 · £925 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£55.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Double glazing£1,400 – £400£3823.6 yrs+1.4 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£10628.4 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£8236.6 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£9840.9 yrs+3.6 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

£1,727
per year at grade D
£1,399
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £43 a year — a 4.6% annual return on £925.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,089 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Innsworth Infant SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Innsworth Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Churchdown SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.93 · well above average (2023/24)
Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.91 · well above average (2023/24)
Chosen Hill SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

9.3
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 66% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022447, to 2026-01. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.