3 Blacker Lane, Crigglestone, Wakefield WF4 3EW

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 84 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

GB for £31,745 · £6,349 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£181.1 yrs+0.4 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1921.2 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches F
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£4032.5 yrs+8.7 pts
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£1,1494.4 yrs+24.7 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£31216.0 yrs+6.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£43520.7 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£37330.8 yrs+8.0 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

£4,181
per year at grade G
£1,299
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,882 a year — a 9.1% annual return on £31,745.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £2,266 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 March 2017£200,000

Estimated today: £302,312 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blacker Lane: 56 sales since 1995 · £260,428 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Crigglestone Mackie Hill Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Crigglestone St James CofE Primary AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Crigglestone Dane Royd Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Horbury AcademySecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.32 · above average (2023/24)
Kettlethorpe High SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.06 · average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy CathedralSecondary2.4 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
130
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01011930, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Blacker Lane

How this home sits against its street.

31
graded homes
56.7
average score
D
most common grade
-37.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.