5 Ruby House, 42 Carfield Avenue, Sheffield S8 9HZ

End-Terrace flat · Built 1976-1982 · 23 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

D → C for £500 · £500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters—£400 – £600£3061.6 yrs+12.8 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation(optional, beyond C)—£500 – £1,500£1168.6 yrs+4.9 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)—£3,300 – £6,500£5650+ 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

£1,084
per year at grade D
£605
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £306 a year — a 61.2% annual return on £500.

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

Sold prices

18 December 2024£60,000
13 April 2006£59,000
28 October 2005£54,000
27 March 2003£35,950
1 February 2002£24,000
30 August 1996£16,500

Estimated today: £58,566 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Carfield Avenue: 97 sales since 1995 · £238,402 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Carfield Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi—
Bankwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi—
Anns Grove Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi—
Newfield Secondary SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Mercia SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +2.09 · well above average (2023/24)
Sheffield Springs AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.62 · well 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.

13.1
crimes a month
144
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007976, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Carfield Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
56.3
average score
D
most common grade
+0.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.