Wayside Cottage, Amberley, Stroud GL5 5AA

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 188 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £30,398 · £15,199 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£130 – £180£3070.5 yrs+4.2 pts
Heating controls£220 – £250£1311.8 yrs+1.8 pts
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£2723.9 yrs+3.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,500£22012.9 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£35920.9 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£330 – £385£1622.8 yrs+0.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£38823.9 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£33227.1 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches C

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

£4,410
per year at grade E
£2,386
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,024 a year — a 6.7% annual return on £30,398.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, 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
Amberley Parochial SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Woodchester Endowed Church of England Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Brimscombe Church of England (VA) Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Marling SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.64 · well above average (2023/24)
Stroud High SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.85 · well above average (2023/24)
Archway SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.36 · 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.

5.7
crimes a month
17
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022350, 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.