Broad Close Farm, Cone Lane, Silkstone, Barnsley S75 4LY

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 106 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EA for £39,263 · £9,816 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1360.2 yrs+7.3 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1340.7 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£40£75.7 yrs+0.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£9826.6 yrs+5.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£15931.4 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12340.5 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£14744.2 yrs+7.9 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£13250+ yrs+7.0 pts · reaches A

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

£2,064
per year at grade E
£1,128
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £936 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £39,263.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,345 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Silkstone Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Silkstone Common Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Dodworth St John the Baptist CofE Primary AcademyPrimary1.5 mi
Horizon Community CollegeSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy St. EdwardsSecondary2.5 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Darton AcademySecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above 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.

6.1
crimes a month
61
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007419, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.