5 Roycroft Close, Newcastle ST5 8SH

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 85 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,535 · £10,268 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£35£57.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1119.0 yrs+5.6 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£409.9 yrs+2.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£6838.2 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8650+ yrs+4.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£10250+ yrs+5.2 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

£1,464
per year at grade D
£1,052
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £412 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £20,535.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £878 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

11 June 2021£225,000
1 March 2018£180,000
25 March 2013£147,950
15 June 2001£79,000
28 May 1999£72,500
29 March 1996£66,950

Estimated today: £294,856 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Roycroft Close: 11 sales since 1995 · £202,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bursley AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Sun Academy BradwellPrimary0.5 mi
Chesterton Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-TrentSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.25 · above average (2023/24)
Chesterton Community Sports CollegeSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
The Orme AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.44 · 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.

8.8
crimes a month
88
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029536, 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.