8 King Street, Whetstone, Leicester LE8 6LS

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 80 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,635 · £8,818 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£35£57.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1158.7 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7136.8 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8950+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£12450+ yrs+6.1 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£10650+ yrs+5.2 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

£1,208
per year at grade D
£698
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £404 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £17,635.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £839 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 June 2024£215,000
30 November 2016£140,250
20 March 2015£138,000
5 April 2007£133,000
12 August 2002£70,500
29 January 1999£41,500

Estimated today: £213,080 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

King Street: 38 sales since 1995 · £202,425 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Peter's Church of England Primary School WhetstonePrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Blaby Stokes Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Badgerbrook Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Countesthorpe AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.80 · well below average (2023/24)
Brockington CollegeSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.41 · below average (2023/24)
South Wigston High SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -1.02 · 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.

7.1
crimes a month
78
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025647, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

King Street

How this home sits against its street.

18
graded homes
62.9
average score
D
most common grade
+2.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.