Brookside Cottage, Cound, Shrewsbury SY5 6AP

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 107 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

GB for £30,760 · £6,152 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£120£2000.6 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches F
Hot water cylinder insulation£30 – £400£2031.1 yrs+7.3 pts
Low energy lighting£25£102.4 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£2372.9 yrs+8.5 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£2,700 – £700£3285.2 yrs+11.7 pts · reaches E
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£14610.3 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£18416.3 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£22018.2 yrs+7.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£25727.3 yrs+9.2 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£19750+ yrs+7.0 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

£3,514
per year at grade G
£1,532
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,982 a year — a 6.4% annual return on £30,760.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £2,143 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Condover CofE Primary SchoolPrimary3.9 mi
St Lucia's CofE Primary School & NurseryPrimary4.4 mi
William Brookes SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 -0.95 · well below average (2023/24)
Belvidere SchoolSecondary5.2 miProgress 8 -0.44 · below average (2023/24)
Meole Brace SchoolSecondary5.7 miProgress 8 -0.22 · 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.

5.6
crimes a month
28
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028961, to 2026-05. 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.