8 Watts Close, Southampton SO16 9WA

End-Terrace house · Built 1996-2002 · 68 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £12,123 · £6,061 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£430.5 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£3150+ yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£4650+ yrs+4.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5050+ yrs+4.6 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£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

£1,064
per year at grade D
£856
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £169 a year — a 1.4% annual return on £12,123.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £639 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 October 2013£157,000
30 May 1997£73,995

Estimated today: £262,468 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Watts Close: 105 sales since 1995 · £217,829 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of SchoolsPrimary0.5 mi
Fairisle Infant and Nursery 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 SchoolSecondary0.9 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.

Watts Close

How this home sits against its street.

27
graded homes
69.5
average score
C
most common grade
-3.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.