Brickfields Cottage, Croome Road, Defford, Worcester WR8 9AR

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 77 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

GC for £20,248 · £5,062 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£3110.1 yrs+6.7 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£3060.3 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1731.3 yrs+3.7 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3632.8 yrs+7.9 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,800 – £2,400£7162.9 yrs+15.5 pts · reaches E
Low energy lighting£50£163.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£3019.1 yrs+6.5 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£28217.7 yrs+6.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£39322.9 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£33634.2 yrs+7.3 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£13237.2 yrs+2.8 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

£4,841
per year at grade G
£1,511
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,862 a year — a 14.1% annual return on £20,248.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £2,284 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 July 2013£340,000

Estimated today: £564,643 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Croome Road: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Defford-Cum-Besford CofE SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Eckington CofE First SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Abbey Park Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Pershore High SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Hanley Castle High SchoolSecondary5.0 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Tewkesbury AcademySecondary6.6 miProgress 8 -0.07 · 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.

9.6
crimes a month
77
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032372, 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.