1 The Wickets, Wakefield WF2 6AR

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 202 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £15,818 · £7,909 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1960.1 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches D
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1930.5 yrs+3.8 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2294.4 yrs+4.5 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£834.8 yrs+1.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£14118.5 yrs+2.8 pts
Low energy lighting£195£1019.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£21250+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C

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

£3,332
per year at grade E
£2,268
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,064 a year — a 6.7% annual return on £15,818.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,953 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 September 1997£150,000
15 April 1996£149,950

Estimated today: £610,506 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Wickets: 8 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Sandal Castle VA Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Sandal Magna Community AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourcePrimary1.1 mi
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.29 · above average (2023/24)
Kettlethorpe High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.06 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy CathedralSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.34 · 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.

11.8
crimes a month
118
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01011945, 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.