Oak Trees, Balls Lane, Spalding PE12 8QU

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 100 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EA for £47,800 · £11,950 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£1278.2 yrs+5.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £4,000£3309.1 yrs+13.3 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £7,000£13042.3 yrs+5.3 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£16844.7 yrs+6.8 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£18150+ yrs+7.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£15550+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£5,000 – £20,000£13950+ yrs+5.6 pts · reaches A
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond A)£750 – £875£750+ yrs+0.3 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

£3,408
per year at grade E
£2,170
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £1,231 a year — a 2.6% annual return on £47,800.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £3,227 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 September 2012£175,000
16 September 2010£185,000

Estimated today: £296,766 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Balls Lane: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Fleet Wood Lane SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Gedney Church End Primary AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
The Holbeach William Stukeley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
University Academy HolbeachSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.42 · below average (2023/24)
University Academy Long SuttonSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.68 · well below average (2023/24)
Marshland High SchoolSecondary8.8 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above 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.

13
crimes a month
143
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01026245, 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.