1 Walnut Close, Empingham, Oakham LE15 8QJ

Detached bungalow · Built 1996-2002 · 57 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £9,500 · £9,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3650+ yrs+5.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3950+ yrs+5.6 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£3050+ yrs+4.3 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

£894
per year at grade C
£789
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £75 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,225 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 November 2020£205,000
12 September 1996£65,000

Estimated today: £210,131 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Walnut Close: 10 sales since 1995 · £329,722 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Empingham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Exton and Greetham CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Edith Weston AcademyPrimary2.7 mi
Casterton College RutlandSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Stamford Welland AcademySecondary4.8 miProgress 8 -0.01 · average (2023/24)
Corby Business AcademySecondary11.2 miProgress 8 +0.08 · 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.

7.7
crimes a month
85
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01013796, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Walnut Close

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
70
average score
C
most common grade
+2.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.