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Get upgrade quotesThis certificate lists these measures but records the same score with and without them, so there is no saving or rating gain to attribute to any one of them. That usually means the assessment was incomplete — here the assessor recorded no heating system at all. The costs below are real; a fresh assessment would be the way to find the gain.
| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low energy lighting | — | £20 | — | — | — |
| Solar photovoltaic panels | — | £11,000 – £20,000 | — | — | — |
| Solid wall insulation | — | £5,500 – £14,500 | — | — | — |
Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges.
Running costs
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £1,094 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £979,455 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Batchwood Drive: 199 sales since 1995 · £619,192 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School | Primary | 0.2 mi | — |
| Margaret Wix Primary School | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| Bernards Heath Junior School | Primary | 0.7 mi | — |
| Townsend Church of England School | Secondary | 0.6 mi | Progress 8 +0.14 · average (2023/24) |
| St Albans Girls' School | Secondary | 0.6 mi | Progress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24) |
| Loreto College | Secondary | 1.0 mi | Progress 8 +0.71 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023672, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Batchwood Drive
How this home sits against its street.