Flat 3, 253 Ben Lane, Sheffield S6 4SE

Detached flat · Built 1900-1929 · 57 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

FD for £9,500 · £4,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£500£6530.8 yrs+14.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£88210.2 yrs+20.1 pts · reaches D

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

£3,071
per year at grade F
£1,536
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,535 a year — a 16.2% annual return on £9,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £2,669 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 May 2025£140,000
2 December 2021£97,100
26 February 2016£77,000
12 June 2013£59,000
14 December 2007£115,000

Estimated today: £138,028 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ben Lane: 90 sales since 1995 · £244,723 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wisewood Nursery & Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Loxley Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Malin Bridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Forge Valley School & Sixth FormSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Bradfield Secondary SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.47 · below average (2023/24)
E-Act Parkwood AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.42 · 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.

6.4
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007990, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ben Lane

How this home sits against its street.

56
graded homes
59.1
average score
D
most common grade
-36.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.