8 Thyme Close, Swindon SN2 2QZ

Semi-Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 85 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £16,530 · £16,530 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£213.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4050+ yrs+5.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£4850+ yrs+6.4 pts · reaches B

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

£992
per year at grade C
£901
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £91 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £16,530.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £660 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 May 2020£205,000
11 July 2014£161,000
25 July 2006£152,950
16 February 1998£58,500

Estimated today: £259,235 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Thyme Close: 83 sales since 1995 · £214,339 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Haydon Wick Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Moredon Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St Francis CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Nova Hreod AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.09 · average (2023/24)
Abbey Park SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 0.00 · average (2023/24)
Great Western AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.12 · 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.

5
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015526, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Thyme Close

How this home sits against its street.

19
graded homes
70.8
average score
C
most common grade
+0.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.