The Gables, First Avenue, Stoke-On-Trent ST2 8NH

Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 146 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £11,565 · £5,783 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£30£1490.2 yrs+3.9 pts
Low energy lighting£35£84.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£10714.0 yrs+2.8 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£17417.2 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£13522.2 yrs+3.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£16124.8 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches B

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

£2,065
per year at grade D
£1,331
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £734 a year — a 6.3% annual return on £11,565.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,438 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 December 2018£130,000
5 March 2014£190,000
1 July 2005£225,000
6 November 2000£135,500
8 May 1998£95,000

Estimated today: £172,409 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

First Avenue: 9 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kingsland CofE AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
St Maria Goretti Catholic AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Our Lady and St Benedict Catholic AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Discovery AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.65 · well below average (2023/24)
Birches Head AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 -0.95 · well below average (2023/24)
The Excel AcademySecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.57 · 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.

5.4
crimes a month
54
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01014225, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.