The Byre, Penthorne Close, Grimscote, Towcester NN12 8LL

Detached bungalow · Built 1991-1995 · 136 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £7,100 · £7,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£9926.2 yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£15030.1 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£16230.9 yrs+6.6 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£12539.9 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

£2,287
per year at grade E
£1,751
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £249 a year — a 3.5% annual return on £7,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,460 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 July 2017£535,000
7 January 2013£425,000

Estimated today: £672,437 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Penthorne Close: 13 sales since 1995 · £640,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Pattishall Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Blakesley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Greens Norton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Campion SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Sponne SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Elizabeth Woodville SchoolSecondary6.5 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.

11.5
crimes a month
46
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 17% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027262, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Penthorne Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
63.4
average score
C
most common grade
-18.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.