| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low energy lighting | — | £30 | £9 | 3.4 yrs | +0.4 pts |
| Loft insulation | — | £350 | £96 | 3.7 yrs | +4.7 pts · reaches F |
| Flue gas heat recovery | — | £900 | £195 | 4.6 yrs | +9.6 pts |
| Change of heating system | — | £7,000 – £0 | £573 | 6.1 yrs | +28.3 pts · reaches D |
| Solar water heating | — | £6,000 – £0 | £156 | 19.2 yrs | +7.7 pts · reaches C |
| Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C) | — | £8,000 – £0 | £186 | 21.5 yrs | +9.2 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
The full plan saves £1,029 a year — a 13.2% annual return on £7,780.
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
Estimated today: £204,802 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Birch Street: 119 sales since 1995 · £183,861 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Le Kyng Primary School | Primary | under 0.1 mi | — |
| Even Swindon Primary School | Primary | 0.7 mi | — |
| King William Street Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0.8 mi | — |
| UTC Swindon | Secondary | 0.3 mi | Progress 8 -1.46 · well below average (2023/24) |
| The Commonweal School | Secondary | 0.8 mi | Progress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24) |
| The Deanery CofE Academy | Secondary | 1.0 mi | Attainment 8 46.6 · no Progress 8 published |
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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015477, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Birch Street
How this home sits against its street.