26 Battlefield Road, St. Albans AL1 4DD

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 197 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £8,700 · £8,700 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£2215.4 yrs+3.3 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£29625.4 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£27432.9 yrs+4.1 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£3,450 – £4,025£1350+ yrs+0.2 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

£2,828
per year at grade D
£2,025
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £516 a year — a 5.9% annual return on £8,700.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Battlefield Road: 93 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Bernards Heath Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Maple Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Verulam SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.40 · above average (2023/24)
Loreto CollegeSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.71 · well above average (2023/24)
St Albans Girls' SchoolSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well 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.

5.2
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Vehicle crime
most common · 23% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023715, to 2026-05. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Battlefield Road

How this home sits against its street.

54
graded homes
61.8
average score
C
most common grade
+2.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.