17 Hobson Road, Leicester LE4 2AR

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 64 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £26,950 · £13,475 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£6917.5 yrs+4.4 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£9250+ yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£9950+ yrs+6.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£8550+ yrs+5.4 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

£1,167
per year at grade D
£822
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £345 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £26,950.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 September 2021£220,000
19 January 2018£160,000
15 January 2010£113,500

Estimated today: £249,197 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hobson Road: 82 sales since 1995 · £193,657 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wolsey House Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Woodstock Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Rushey Mead AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.90 · well above average (2023/24)
Beaumont Leys SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.13 · average (2023/24)
Babington AcademySecondary1.1 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.

14.1
crimes a month
155
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01013605, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hobson Road

How this home sits against its street.

42
graded homes
56.2
average score
D
most common grade
+6.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.