281a Painswick Road, Matson, Gloucester GL4 4BT

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 57 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EC for £1,475 · £738 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1610.2 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches D
Draughtproofing£120£1590.8 yrs+4.6 pts
Low energy lighting£25£83.0 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,800 – £800£3713.5 yrs+10.7 pts · reaches C
Party wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£600£1025.9 yrs+2.9 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£6,500 – £500£6850+ yrs+2.0 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

£1,622
per year at grade E
£753
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £698 a year — a 47.3% annual return on £1,475.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £969 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 October 2024£150,000
27 November 2018£125,000
21 July 2000£38,000

Estimated today: £147,573 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Painswick Road: 128 sales since 1995 · £291,213 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hillside Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Heron Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Finlay Community SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Gloucester AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)
Barnwood Park SchoolSecondary1.1 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Ribston Hall High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above 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.

24.7
crimes a month
148
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022324, to 2026-01. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Painswick Road

How this home sits against its street.

72
graded homes
65
average score
D
most common grade
-13.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.