8 Orwell Close, Southampton SO16 9EP

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 89 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,000 · £7,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flat roof insulation£1,500 – £500£3231.0 yrs+2.9 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£4250+ yrs+3.8 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£3350+ yrs+2.9 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£8,000 – £0£3950+ yrs+3.5 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

£970
per year at grade C
£823
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £108 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £7,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £629 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 August 2025£290,000
29 January 2018£225,000
29 January 2008£165,000
4 May 2007£123,000
25 August 1995£44,000

Estimated today: £295,992 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Orwell Close: 15 sales since 1995 · £206,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Redbridge Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsPrimary0.4 mi
Redbridge Community SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.99 · well below average (2023/24)
Regents Park Community CollegeSecondary0.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Oasis Academy Lord's HillSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.91 · well below 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.

15.7
crimes a month
173
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017237, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Orwell Close

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
67.3
average score
C
most common grade
+4.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.