5 Gelston, Grantham NG32 2AE

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 112 m² · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £15,000 · £15,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1357.4 yrs+5.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10447.9 yrs+4.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£14550+ yrs+6.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£12550+ yrs+5.1 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

£1,611
per year at grade D
£1,102
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £384 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £15,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,119 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 October 2012£288,000
22 November 2005£62,500

Estimated today: £492,711 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Marston Thorold's Charity Church of England SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Caythorpe Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
The Priory Ruskin AcademySecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.22 · above average (2023/24)
The King's School, GranthamSecondary5.6 miProgress 8 +1.10 · well above average (2023/24)
Sir William Robertson Academy, WelbournSecondary5.8 miProgress 8 -0.04 · 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.

11.4
crimes a month
114
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026333, 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.