8 East Common, Redbourn, St. Albans AL3 7ND

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 105 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £7,720 · £7,720 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£20£29.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£4914.3 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£3850+ yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£4550+ yrs+4.0 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

£1,207
per year at grade C
£1,073
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £134 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £7,720.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £766 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 December 2006£249,950
31 October 2005£241,000
1 February 2002£165,000
30 June 1999£137,000
21 October 1997£127,000

Estimated today: £523,287 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

East Common: 95 sales since 1995 · £514,111 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Redbourn Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Brockswood Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Roundwood Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Roundwood Park SchoolSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well above average (2023/24)
The Astley Cooper SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.60 · well below average (2023/24)
St George's SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.65 · 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.

11.8
crimes a month
130
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023722, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

East Common

How this home sits against its street.

31
graded homes
57.4
average score
D
most common grade
+13.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.