78 Buildwas, Telford TF8 7BU

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 108 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FB for £24,305 · £6,076 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1410.7 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches E
Flue gas heat recovery£900£1635.5 yrs+7.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1686.0 yrs+7.6 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£616.6 yrs+2.8 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£55£77.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£13919.8 yrs+6.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10325.2 yrs+4.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13038.4 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£15550+ yrs+7.0 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£3,300 – £6,500£6150+ yrs+2.7 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

£1,929
per year at grade F
£801
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,067 a year — a 4.4% annual return on £24,305.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

30 August 2013£185,000
16 May 2002£89,950
14 April 1997£51,500

Estimated today: £306,808 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Buildwas AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
Lightmoor Village Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Haberdashers' Abraham DarbySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.74 · well below average (2023/24)
William Brookes SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.95 · well below average (2023/24)
Madeley AcademySecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.29 · 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.

8.3
crimes a month
91
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028980, 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.