Violet Cottage, Laundry Road, Apethorpe, Peterborough PE8 5DQ

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 113 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil, Room heaters, wood logs

Upgrade Plan

G → E for £11,775 · £5,888 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing—£80 – £120£1760.6 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation—£100 – £350£1002.3 yrs+2.6 pts
Heating controls—£350 – £450£765.2 yrs+2.0 pts
Low energy lighting—£50£95.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation—£800 – £6,000£20916.2 yrs+5.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler—£2,200 – £3,000£12920.2 yrs+3.4 pts
Solar water heating—£4,000 – £6,000£16230.8 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond E)—£5,000 – £8,000£19433.5 yrs+5.1 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond E)—£4,000 – £14,000£22639.8 yrs+6.0 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond E)—£3,300 – £6,500£7650+ yrs+2.0 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

£3,308
per year at grade G
£1,950
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £862 a year — a 7.3% annual return on £11,775.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £2,634 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 September 2002£126,250

Estimated today: £385,975 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Laundry Road: 20 sales since 1995 · £428,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kings Cliffe Endowed Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi—
Nassington Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi—
Glapthorn Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.2 mi—
Prince William SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.41 · above average (2023/24)
Stamford Welland AcademySecondary7.7 miProgress 8 -0.01 · average (2023/24)
Ormiston Bushfield AcademySecondary8.0 miProgress 8 +0.31 · 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.

Laundry Road

How this home sits against its street.

11
graded homes
44.5
average score
D
most common grade
-26.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.