Windrush Cottage, Fortune Close, Knaresborough HG5 9DD

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 107 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £33,100 · £16,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£1238.5 yrs+2.8 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£25829.0 yrs+5.8 pts
High-performance doors£5,400 – £7,200£20730.5 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£27933.1 yrs+6.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£23937.7 yrs+5.4 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

£2,757
per year at grade E
£1,651
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,106 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £33,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,562 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 January 1997£100,000

Estimated today: £455,405 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Fortune Close: 8 sales since 1995 · £534,054 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Scotton Lingerfield Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Starbeck Primary AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
King James's SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Harrogate High SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.46 · below average (2023/24)
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well 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.

5.1
crimes a month
36
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027674, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Fortune Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
66.3
average score
D
most common grade
-20.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.