179b Albert Road, Southsea PO4 0JP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 75 m² · Rented (private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FC for £3,828 · £1,276 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1560.1 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches E
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1540.7 yrs+4.9 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£872.6 yrs+2.7 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,600£3593.9 yrs+11.4 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1825.5 yrs+5.8 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1367.3 yrs+4.3 pts
Low energy lighting£80£810.0 yrs+0.3 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£14135.4 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£16950+ yrs+5.3 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

£2,656
per year at grade F
£1,264
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,082 a year — a 28.3% annual return on £3,828.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,452 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 June 2015£137,000
15 April 2005£120,000
10 May 2004£110,000

Estimated today: £206,654 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Albert Road: 301 sales since 1995 · £134,953 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Craneswater Junior SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Southsea Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Bramble Infant School and NurseryPrimary0.4 mi
Priory SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.55 · well below average (2023/24)
Ark Charter AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
St Edmund's Catholic SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.66 · well 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.

39
crimes a month
429
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017027, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Albert Road

How this home sits against its street.

216
graded homes
63.6
average score
C
most common grade
-28.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.