9 Kern Close, Southampton SO16 9RA

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1991-1995 · 30 m² · Rented (Private) · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,225 · £1,225 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£902.5 yrs+3.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£3732.7 yrs+14.5 pts · reaches C
Party wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£300 – £600£1034.4 yrs+4.0 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

£1,116
per year at grade D
£550
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £463 a year — a 37.8% annual return on £1,225.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £726 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 August 2014£84,500

Estimated today: £109,850 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Kern Close: 223 sales since 1995 · £127,348 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Fairisle Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Fairisle Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Oasis Academy Lord's HillSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.91 · well below average (2023/24)
Regents Park Community CollegeSecondary0.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Redbridge Community SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.99 · 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.

13.9
crimes a month
153
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017242, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Kern Close

How this home sits against its street.

85
graded homes
71
average score
C
most common grade
-15.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.