Arden Lea, Hatching Green, Harpenden AL5 2JP

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 213 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas, Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£800 – £1,200£7812.8 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£3,500 – £5,500£7350+ yrs+3.4 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

£2,509
per year at grade C
£2,358
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £3,124 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 November 2024£1,675,000
16 May 2011£900,000
20 March 2008£743,000

Estimated today: £1,704,415 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hatching Green: 58 sales since 1995 · £1,039,300 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Grove Junior SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
St George's SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Roundwood Park SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well above average (2023/24)
Sir John Lawes SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +0.79 · 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.

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.

Hatching Green

How this home sits against its street.

27
graded homes
62.6
average score
C
most common grade
+8.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.