4 Willow Close, Newbold Verdon, Leicester LE9 9LY

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 123 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £13,500 · £6,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1267.9 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9410.6 yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£11750+ yrs+5.2 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

£1,489
per year at grade D
£1,151
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £338 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £13,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £999 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 February 2008£214,000
17 May 2002£135,000

Estimated today: £368,576 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Willow Close: 8 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newbold Verdon Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Desford Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Barlestone Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Bosworth AcademySecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
The Market Bosworth SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.83 · well above average (2023/24)
Heath Lane AcademySecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.55 · 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.

5.2
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025872, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.