1 Primrose House, Wakefield WF1 4EQ

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 48 m² · Rented (Social) · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,000 · £7,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£800 – £1,200£2184.6 yrs+8.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8312.1 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£11145.2 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£12050+ yrs+4.5 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

£1,194
per year at grade D
£663
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £411 a year — a 5.9% annual return on £7,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £777 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
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Outwood Primary Academy GreenhillPrimary0.5 mi
St Austin's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Outwood Academy City FieldsSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy CathedralSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademySecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.29 · above 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.

121.5
crimes a month
1,337
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034264, 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.