6 Hazel Close

What the assessor found

Each part of the home, with the certificate's own energy efficiency rating.

• Walls

  Solid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

  Very poor

• Roof

  Pitched, 75 mm loft insulation

  Average

• Floor

  Suspended, no insulation (assumed)

  Not rated on the certificate

• Windows

  Fully double glazed

  Average

• Heating

  Electric storage heaters

  Average

• Heating controls

  Automatic charge control

  Average

• Hot water

  Gas multipoint

  Average

• Lighting

  Low energy lighting in 57% of fixed outlets

  Good

• Second heating

  Room heaters, electric

  Not rated on the certificate

The assessor's estimates at the energy prices in use when the certificate was made (2016), for a typical household. Today's bills will differ.

Improvements the certificate recommends

In the certificate's order. Each rating assumes the steps before it are done.

1. 1

   Increase loft insulation to 270 mm

   Typical cost £100–£350 · saves about £71 a year

   Rating after33F
2. 2

   50 mm internal or external wall insulation

   Typical cost £4,000–£14,000 · saves about £365 a year

   Rating after51E
3. 3

   Floor insulation (suspended floor)

   Typical cost £800–£1,200 · saves about £110 a year

   Rating after57D
4. 4

   Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets

   Typical cost £15 · saves about £13 a year

   Rating after57D
5. 5

   Change heating to gas condensing boiler

   Typical cost £3,000–£7,000 · saves about £203 a year

   Rating after70C
6. 6

   Solar water heating

   Typical cost £4,000–£6,000 · saves about £32 a year

   Rating after71C
7. 7

   Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp

   Typical cost £5,000–£8,000 · saves about £280 a year

   Rating after85B

Costs and savings are the certificate's own, as estimated when it was made.