16 Blake Gardens, Plymouth PL5 3SA

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 57 m² · Rented (Private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £27,943 · £13,971 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£20 – £40£1190.3 yrs+4.0 pts
Low energy lighting£150 – £175£626.7 yrs+0.2 pts
Air or ground source heat pump£7,500 Boiler Upgrade Scheme£0 – £22,500£35531.7 yrs+11.9 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£13950+ yrs+4.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£12950+ yrs+4.3 pts · reaches B

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

£1,679
per year at grade D
£931
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £748 a year — a 2.7% annual return on £27,943.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 June 2004£112,950
12 April 2002£73,500
24 May 1999£51,000

Estimated today: £222,928 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blake Gardens: 30 sales since 1995 · £189,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shakespeare Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Whitleigh Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Woodfield Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Sir John Hunt Community Sports CollegeSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
All Saints Church of England AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.03 · average (2023/24)
St Boniface's RC CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.28 · below 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.

27.9
crimes a month
307
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015089, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Blake Gardens

How this home sits against its street.

13
graded homes
57.5
average score
D
most common grade
-0.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.