Ferndene, Lower Chase Road, Southampton SO32 2LH

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 274 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, underfloor, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £16,500 · £16,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£7250+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£6650+ yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £20,000£5950+ yrs+3.0 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

£4,157
per year at grade D
£3,960
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £138 a year — a 0.8% annual return on £16,500.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 September 2021£900,000
16 September 2011£610,000
9 October 1996£199,000

Estimated today: £958,696 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lower Chase Road: 25 sales since 1995 · £600,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St John the Baptist Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Bishops Waltham Infant SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Swanmore CollegeSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
Deer Park SchoolSecondary4.1 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Wyvern CollegeSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 +0.01 · 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.

7.4
crimes a month
81
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023275, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lower Chase Road

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
69
average score
C
most common grade
-4.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.