| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flue gas heat recovery | — | £400 – £900 | £266 | 2.4 yrs | +9.9 pts |
| Floor insulation | — | £800 – £1,200 | £274 | 3.7 yrs | +10.2 pts · reaches F |
| Low energy lighting | — | £55 | £12 | 4.6 yrs | +0.4 pts |
| Cavity wall insulation | — | £500 – £1,500 | £205 | 4.9 yrs | +7.6 pts |
| Flat roof insulation | — | £850 – £1,500 | £208 | 5.7 yrs | +7.7 pts |
| Change of heating system | — | £3,000 – £7,000 | £781 | 6.4 yrs | +29.0 pts · reaches D |
| Solar water heating | — | £4,000 – £6,000 | £212 | 23.5 yrs | +7.9 pts · reaches C |
| Solar photovoltaic panels | — | £5,000 – £8,000 | £253 | 25.6 yrs | +9.4 pts · reaches B |
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
The full plan saves £2,212 a year — a 10.9% annual return on £20,380.
Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £156,858 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Downs Crescent: 39 sales since 1995 · £106,333 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priory Primary School | Primary | 0.2 mi | — |
| Appleton Primary School | Primary | 0.3 mi | — |
| Wold Academy | Primary | 0.6 mi | — |
| Kelvin Hall School | Secondary | 0.5 mi | Progress 8 -0.40 · below average (2023/24) |
| Newland School for Girls | Secondary | 1.3 mi | Progress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24) |
| St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy | Secondary | 1.7 mi | Progress 8 +0.63 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01012797, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Downs Crescent
How this home sits against its street.