1 Queensway, Royston, Barnsley S71 4JE

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 88 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, anthracite

Upgrade Plan

ED for £5,000 · £5,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Biomass boiler£5,000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme£2,000 – £8,000£30216.5 yrs+10.5 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£3,500 – £5,500£8450+ yrs+2.9 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£9150+ yrs+3.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£7150+ yrs+2.4 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

£2,470
per year at grade E
£1,922
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £302 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £5,000.

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

31 March 2025£135,000
2 January 1997£26,000

Estimated today: £142,373 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Queensway: 20 sales since 1995 · £146,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Parkside Primary AcademyPrimary0.2 mi
Lift MeadsteadPrimary0.3 mi
Royston St John Baptist CE PrimaryPrimary0.3 mi
Outwood Academy CarltonSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.25 · below average (2023/24)
Outwood Academy ShaftonSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.44 · below average (2023/24)
Kettlethorpe High SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.06 · 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.

25.5
crimes a month
280
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007434, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Queensway

How this home sits against its street.

18
graded homes
66
average score
D
most common grade
-20.0
this home vs street
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