2 Forge Close, Melbourne, York YO42 4QS

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 178 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

CB for £1,030 · £1,030 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£30£74.3 yrs+0.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1606.3 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches B
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond B)£2,200 – £3,000£9826.5 yrs+2.0 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£12440.3 yrs+2.6 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

£2,044
per year at grade C
£1,655
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £167 a year — a 16.2% annual return on £1,030.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

20 February 2006£327,000

Estimated today: £538,771 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Forge Close: 21 sales since 1995 · £315,595 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Melbourne Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Sutton Upon Derwent Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary3.4 mi
Barmby Moor Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.5 mi
Woldgate School and Sixth Form CollegeSecondary4.8 miProgress 8 +0.35 · above average (2023/24)
Howden SchoolSecondary9.5 miProgress 8 -0.52 · well below average (2023/24)
Goole AcademySecondary12.4 miProgress 8 +0.50 · 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.

5.6
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01013127, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Forge Close

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
48.6
average score
E
most common grade
+31.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.