Forge Cottage, Shoe Lane, Aldershot GU11 2HE

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 129 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £15,945 · £7,973 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£45£86.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£636.4 yrs+2.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£17219.8 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10624.6 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15928.2 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13437.4 yrs+4.2 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

£2,502
per year at grade E
£1,861
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £641 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £15,945.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,586 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 July 2020£520,000
20 August 2004£435,000
24 September 1997£87,500
5 November 1996£56,892

Estimated today: £623,267 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shoe Lane: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Cambridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Stanhope Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Marlborough Infant SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
The Wavell SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.20 · average (2023/24)
All Hallows Catholic SchoolSecondary2.3 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Cove SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.74 · 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.

20.9
crimes a month
230
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023136, to 2026-06. 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.