8 Mount Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans AL4 8BX

End-Terrace flat · Built 1983-1990 · 39 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £123 · £123 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£670.3 yrs+2.9 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£661.5 yrs+2.9 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£15£34.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Loft insulation(optional, beyond C)£100 – £350£376.1 yrs+1.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£4850+ yrs+2.1 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£2850+ yrs+1.2 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

£798
per year at grade D
£549
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £132 a year — a 107.3% annual return on £123.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £471 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 November 2021£225,000
1 October 2012£145,000
27 September 2002£99,950

Estimated today: £234,336 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Mount Road: 54 sales since 1995 · £331,875 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Helen's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Beech Hyde Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.5 mi
High Beeches Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Katherine Warington SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Sir John Lawes SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well above 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.

10.5
crimes a month
105
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023747, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Mount Road

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
69
average score
C
most common grade
-4.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.