The Chimes, Claphill Lane, Rushwick, Worcester WR2 5TP

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 236 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £34,505 · £11,502 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3632.8 yrs+5.6 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£1323.0 yrs+2.0 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2713.7 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches E
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£2764.3 yrs+4.3 pts
Low energy lighting£80£165.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3019.1 yrs+4.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£22311.7 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£28217.8 yrs+4.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£39222.9 yrs+6.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£33634.2 yrs+5.2 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

£5,099
per year at grade F
£2,508
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,591 a year — a 7.5% annual return on £34,505.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £4,167 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 December 2013£675,000
18 December 1998£250,000

Estimated today: £1,107,692 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Claphill Lane: 17 sales since 1995 · £590,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Honeywell Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Rushwick CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Pitmaston Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Christopher Whitehead Language CollegeSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic CollegeSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Bishop Perowne CofE CollegeSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 -0.17 · 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.

8.8
crimes a month
97
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032182, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Claphill Lane

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
63.6
average score
D
most common grade
-32.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.