Upgrade Plan
Get upgrade quotes| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor insulation(optional, beyond C) | — | £5,000 – £10,000 | £24 | 50+ yrs | +2.6 pts |
| Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C) | — | £8,000 – £10,000 | £22 | 50+ yrs | +2.4 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
Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £374,496 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Chess Close: 25 sales since 1995 · £315,317 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmead Combined School | Primary | 0.5 mi | — |
| William Harding School | Primary | 1.0 mi | — |
| Stoke Mandeville Combined School | Primary | 1.0 mi | — |
| The Mandeville School | Secondary | 0.3 mi | Progress 8 -0.78 · well below average (2023/24) |
| The Grange School | Secondary | 1.2 mi | Progress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24) |
| Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School | Secondary | 1.2 mi | Progress 8 +0.49 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017722, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Chess Close
How this home sits against its street.