5 Charminster Close, Swindon SN3 3QB

End-Terrace flat · Built 1930-1949 · 64 m² · Rented (private) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

ED for £2,415 · £2,415 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£91.6 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,600£4103.4 yrs+10.7 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1566.4 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches D

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

£2,158
per year at grade E
£1,583
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £575 a year — a 23.8% annual return on £2,415.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,055 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

2 October 2002£89,995
19 September 2001£69,000
2 July 1999£49,950
18 December 1998£35,500

Estimated today: £157,209 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Charminster Close: 83 sales since 1995 · £113,455 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Nythe Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Covingham Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Dorcan AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
St Joseph's Catholic CollegeSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above average (2023/24)
Lawn Manor AcademySecondary1.1 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.

4.4
crimes a month
48
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 54% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01015486, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Charminster Close

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
65.2
average score
D
most common grade
-24.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.