3 Forest View, Botcheston, Leicester LE9 9QH

Detached bungalow · Built 2007 onwards · 106 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £19,575 · £19,575 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£3212.4 yrs+1.9 pts
Low energy lighting£75£419.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£5447.8 yrs+3.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6950+ yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£8250+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,222
per year at grade C
£981
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £241 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £19,575.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £716 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 November 2012£280,000
26 May 2006£300,000

Estimated today: £531,107 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Forest View: 14 sales since 1995 · £357,000 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 SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Thornton Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Bosworth AcademySecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Brookvale Groby Learning CampusSecondary2.3 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.

Forest View

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
75.9
average score
C
most common grade
-4.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.