3 Orchard View, Whitestone, Hereford HR1 3SD

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 91 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £4,590 · £4,590 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£830.4 yrs+4.1 pts
Low energy lighting£60£414.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£5925.3 yrs+2.9 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£9731.1 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£7540.0 yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£8944.7 yrs+4.4 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

£1,485
per year at grade D
£1,078
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £243 a year — a 5.3% annual return on £4,590.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,036 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 October 2024£610,000
4 December 2023£287,500
16 March 2021£525,000
8 September 2006£185,000

Estimated today: £622,721 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ramblers Park: 6 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Withington Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Lugwardine Primary AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
St Mary's RC High SchoolSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.10 · average (2023/24)
The Bishop of Hereford's Bluecoat SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Aylestone SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.80 · 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.

6.2
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01014023, 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.