The Firs, Netley Close, Gomshall, Guildford GU5 9ND

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 149 m² · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £300 · £300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1591.9 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches D
Loft insulation(optional, beyond D)£100 – £300£882.3 yrs+1.9 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£35£84.3 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond D)£1,500 – £3,500£11421.9 yrs+2.5 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£14434.7 yrs+3.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£11,000 – £20,000£17250+ yrs+3.8 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

£2,174
per year at grade E
£1,489
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £159 a year — a 53.0% annual return on £300.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £1,563 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 March 2016£625,000
18 May 2012£435,000

Estimated today: £740,327 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Netley Close: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shere CofE Aided Infant SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Peaslake Free SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Clandon CofE Aided Primary SchoolPrimary3.2 mi
St Peter's Catholic SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +1.13 · well above average (2023/24)
Howard of Effingham SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
The Priory Church of England SchoolSecondary4.7 miAttainment 8 40.1 · no Progress 8 published

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.

10.8
crimes a month
119
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01030491, 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.