8 Spinney Drive, Botcheston, Leicester LE9 9FG

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1991-1995 · 60 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

CB for £6,500 · £6,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£3154.8 yrs+7.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£16031.3 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£12440.4 yrs+2.9 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

£1,697
per year at grade C
£1,099
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £474 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £6,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,524 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 October 2023£155,000
15 December 1995£48,000

Estimated today: £159,323 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Spinney Drive: 104 sales since 1995 · £156,180 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Desford Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Ratby Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Thornton Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Bosworth AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Brookvale Groby Learning CampusSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.02 · average (2023/24)
South Charnwood High SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.02 · 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.

12.9
crimes a month
129
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025876, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Spinney Drive

How this home sits against its street.

50
graded homes
58.1
average score
D
most common grade
+14.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.