8 Buckfast Close, Leicester LE5 5NP

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1967-1975 · 53 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £6,023 · £3,011 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1690.1 yrs+3.8 pts · reaches D
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1476.8 yrs+3.3 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£5638.9 yrs+12.8 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£1,000 – £1,400£7116.8 yrs+1.6 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£19725.4 yrs+4.5 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

£1,717
per year at grade E
£570
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £878 a year — a 14.6% annual return on £6,023.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,151 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Buckfast Close: 26 sales since 1995 · £147,350 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Linden Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Mayflower Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Coleman Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Crown Hills Community CollegeSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.32 · above average (2023/24)
Madani Girls' SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +1.14 · well above average (2023/24)
Madani Boys SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.40 · 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.

5.4
crimes a month
49
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01013757, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Buckfast Close

How this home sits against its street.

15
graded homes
67
average score
C
most common grade
-15.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.