42 Bramble Road, Swindon SN2 8DS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 66 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £8,750 · £8,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3826.5 yrs+4.6 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3150+ yrs+3.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£2950+ yrs+3.6 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£3550+ yrs+4.3 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£1450+ yrs+1.7 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

£916
per year at grade C
£769
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £98 a year — a 1.1% annual return on £8,750.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £543 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 May 2021£195,000
8 September 2000£83,000

Estimated today: £240,746 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bramble Road: 11 sales since 1995 · £229,800 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Gorse Hill Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Mountford Manor Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
St Joseph's Catholic CollegeSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above average (2023/24)
Kingsdown SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below average (2023/24)
Lawn Manor AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 -0.03 · 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.

10.6
crimes a month
106
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015509, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bramble Road

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
65.3
average score
D
most common grade
+4.7
this home vs street
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