3 Newgate Close, St. Albans AL4 9JF

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 84 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £5,500 · £5,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3726.7 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£3550+ yrs+4.5 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£2950+ yrs+3.7 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

£1,038
per year at grade C
£937
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £72 a year — a 1.3% annual return on £5,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £627 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Newgate Close: 153 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Skyswood Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Oakwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Beaumont SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.89 · well above average (2023/24)
Sandringham SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +1.06 · well above average (2023/24)
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.75 · 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.

15.2
crimes a month
167
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023712, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Newgate Close

How this home sits against its street.

103
graded homes
72.8
average score
C
most common grade
-0.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.