| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot water cylinder insulation | — | £15 – £30 | £103 | 0.2 yrs | +6.9 pts · reaches D |
| Loft insulation | — | £100 – £350 | £57 | 3.9 yrs | +3.8 pts |
| High-retention storage heaters | — | £800 – £1,200 | £237 | 4.2 yrs | +15.9 pts · reaches C |
| Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C) | — | £45 | £5 | 8.6 yrs | +0.4 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
The full plan saves £397 a year — a 31.8% annual return on £1,248.
Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £179,443 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Leston Close: 143 sales since 1995 · £186,521 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainham Village Primary School | Primary | 0.2 mi | — |
| La Salette Catholic Primary School | Primary | 0.3 mi | — |
| Brady Primary School | Primary | 0.5 mi | — |
| Harris Academy Rainham | Secondary | 0.5 mi | Progress 8 +0.56 · well above average (2023/24) |
| The Brittons Academy | Secondary | 1.1 mi | Progress 8 -0.28 · below average (2023/24) |
| Dagenham Park CofE School | Secondary | 2.1 mi | Progress 8 -0.25 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002345, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Leston Close
How this home sits against its street.