9 Edward Watson Close, Northampton NN2 8LP

Mid-Terrace bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 55 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DA for £15,500 · £5,167 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£2204.5 yrs+12.7 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£10343.5 yrs+5.9 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£11244.7 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8750+ yrs+5.0 pts · reaches A

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

£1,371
per year at grade D
£849
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £522 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £15,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,444 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Whitehills Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Sunnyside Primary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Buckton Fields Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Kingsthorpe CollegeSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
Northampton School for GirlsSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.49 · above average (2023/24)
Malcolm Arnold AcademySecondary1.3 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.

29.4
crimes a month
323
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027147, 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.