| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loft insulation | — | £100 – £350 | £241 | 0.9 yrs | +5.7 pts |
| Floor insulation | — | £800 – £1,200 | £506 | 2.0 yrs | +12.1 pts · reaches F |
| Low energy lighting | — | £60 | £22 | 2.7 yrs | +0.5 pts |
| Change of heating system | — | £3,000 – £7,000 | £1,445 | 3.5 yrs | +34.4 pts · reaches D |
| Solar photovoltaic panels | — | £5,000 – £8,000 | £469 | 13.9 yrs | +11.2 pts · reaches C |
| Solid wall insulation | — | £4,000 – £14,000 | £547 | 16.4 yrs | +13.0 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 £3,230 a year — a 14.8% annual return on £21,785.
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: £277,389 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Botanic Road: 57 sales since 1995 · £186,226 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Primary School | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| Smithdown Primary School | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| Archbishop Blanch CofE High School | Secondary | 0.4 mi | Not in the KS4 performance tables |
| King's Leadership Academy Wavertree | Secondary | 0.9 mi | Not in the KS4 performance tables |
| The Academy of St Francis of Assisi | Secondary | 0.9 mi | Progress 8 -0.76 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033763, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Botanic Road
How this home sits against its street.