1 Archer Close, Leicester LE4 7RA

Semi-Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 90 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £4,500 · £4,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flue gas heat recovery£900£4918.4 yrs+3.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5019.8 yrs+4.0 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£3150+ yrs+2.4 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£4750+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,014
per year at grade C
£837
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £130 a year — a 2.9% annual return on £4,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £598 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 October 2016£265,000
26 August 2005£149,950

Estimated today: £417,145 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Archer Close: 39 sales since 1995 · £216,167 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Herrick Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Wyvern Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Soar Valley CollegeSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Rushey Mead AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.90 · well above average (2023/24)
The Roundhill AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.27 · 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.

15.3
crimes a month
153
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01013739, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Archer Close

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
67.8
average score
C
most common grade
+5.2
this home vs street
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