5 Bowling Close, Harpenden AL5 1QP

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1967-1975 · 65 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£619
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £667 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 December 2022£300,000
23 September 2019£299,500
29 July 2016£340,000
17 April 2014£250,000
29 October 2007£215,000
30 June 2000£112,000

Estimated today: £301,502 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Bowling Close: 26 sales since 1995 · £321,063 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Grove Junior SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St George's SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Sir John Lawes SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well above average (2023/24)
Katherine Warington SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.48 · 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.

31.7
crimes a month
349
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023701, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Bowling Close

How this home sits against its street.

40
graded homes
72
average score
C
most common grade
+8.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.