79 Gawber Road, Barnsley S75 2PX

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 69 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £9,985 · £9,985 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£445.4 yrs+1.5 pts
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£9111.5 yrs+3.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£9013.4 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£12050+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£11150+ yrs+3.9 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

£1,495
per year at grade D
£1,039
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £345 a year — a 3.5% annual return on £9,985.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 July 2024£137,500
15 January 2024£160,000
30 January 2023£127,000
18 August 2006£119,000
18 November 2002£64,950
20 June 1997£43,500

Estimated today: £148,936 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Gawber Road: 206 sales since 1995 · £139,576 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Summer Lane PrimaryPrimary0.2 mi
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, BarnsleyPrimary0.3 mi
Wilthorpe Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Horizon Community CollegeSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy St. EdwardsSecondary1.7 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Barnsley AcademySecondary2.4 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.

6.9
crimes a month
76
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 41% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007408, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Gawber Road

How this home sits against its street.

97
graded homes
65.5
average score
C
most common grade
-5.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.