78 Sheldon Road, Chippenham SN14 0BX

End-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 81 m² · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GC for £33,275 · £8,319 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3030.3 yrs+6.6 pts
Low energy lighting£20£161.3 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3602.8 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches F
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2693.7 yrs+5.9 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£1,0264.9 yrs+22.4 pts · reaches E
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£5911.1 yrs+1.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£27917.9 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£38923.1 yrs+8.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£33334.6 yrs+7.3 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£13037.7 yrs+2.8 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

£4,480
per year at grade G
£1,317
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £3,033 a year — a 9.1% annual return on £33,275.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £2,099 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 March 2021£262,000
18 August 2015£230,000

Estimated today: £303,606 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sheldon Road: 241 sales since 1995 · £275,780 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Redland Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Frogwell Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Sheldon SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Hardenhuish SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24)
Abbeyfield SchoolSecondary1.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

5.1
crimes a month
46
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01031926, to 2026-05. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sheldon Road

How this home sits against its street.

113
graded homes
61.6
average score
D
most common grade
-51.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.