53 Ambleside, Botley, Botley SO30 2NT

End-Terrace house · Built 1967-1975 · 88 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £12,600 · £6,300 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£7213.8 yrs+3.6 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£13415.7 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£9050+ yrs+4.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9750+ yrs+4.8 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£7550+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,367
per year at grade D
£899
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £393 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £12,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £850 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 January 2015£199,950
9 March 2012£162,000
29 May 2007£168,000
21 May 2004£147,000
17 July 2002£111,750
22 August 1996£48,500

Estimated today: £287,001 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ambleside: 157 sales since 1995 · £274,771 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kings Copse Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Freegrounds Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Freegrounds Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Wildern SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.05 · average (2023/24)
Deer Park SchoolSecondary1.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Woodlands Community CollegeSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.89 · 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.

3.6
crimes a month
29
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 59% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022651, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ambleside

How this home sits against its street.

52
graded homes
67.8
average score
C
most common grade
-5.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.