3 The Smithy, Hampton Loade, Bridgnorth WV15 6HD

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 90 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

GB for £26,733 · £5,347 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£2220.9 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches F
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1231.8 yrs+4.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2593.9 yrs+8.3 pts
Low energy lighting£50£114.4 yrs+0.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1945.2 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches E
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£7406.8 yrs+23.8 pts · reaches D
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£21512.8 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£20124.9 yrs+6.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£24047.9 yrs+7.7 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

£2,950
per year at grade G
£745
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,205 a year — a 8.2% annual return on £26,733.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £2,802 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
Alveley Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Highley Community Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Upper Arley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary4.0 mi
Oldbury Wells SchoolSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -0.44 · below average (2023/24)
Bridgnorth Endowed SchoolSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
Kinver High School and Sixth FormSecondary6.1 miProgress 8 +0.28 · 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.

7
crimes a month
63
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028828, 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.