8 George Square, Barnsley S70 1AY

End-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 48 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,500 · £7,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£1950+ yrs+8.3 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£8,000 – £10,000£1750+ yrs+7.7 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

£757
per year at grade C
£721
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £19 a year — a 0.3% annual return on £7,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £693 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 July 2006£52,000

Estimated today: £83,290 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

George Square: 6 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shawlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Joseph Locke Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Holy Rood Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Horizon Community CollegeSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy St. EdwardsSecondary1.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Barnsley AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.39 · 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.

147.8
crimes a month
1,626
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007340, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

George Square

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
67.3
average score
D
most common grade
+5.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.