1 The Red Cottages, Witcombe, Gloucester GL3 4SR

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 95 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EA for £44,325 · £11,081 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£583.9 yrs+4.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1218.3 yrs+9.3 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7435.0 yrs+5.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9450+ yrs+7.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£11250+ yrs+8.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13150+ yrs+10.0 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£10050+ yrs+7.7 pts · reaches A

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

£1,566
per year at grade E
£876
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £690 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £44,325.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,247 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 July 2014£228,000
12 July 1999£125,000
5 July 1996£48,500

Estimated today: £380,000 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Red Cottages: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Castle Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Lift BrockworthPrimary1.0 mi
Birdlip Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Henley Bank High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.64 · well above average (2023/24)
Chosen Hill SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
The High School LeckhamptonSecondary3.3 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

6.5
crimes a month
26
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034806, 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.