1 Edgell Cottages, Holwell, Hatfield AL9 5RF

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 170 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas, Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £20,600 · £6,867 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£4404.8 yrs+8.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£29515.2 yrs+5.9 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£31915.7 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£34526.1 yrs+6.9 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

£2,920
per year at grade E
£1,520
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,400 a year — a 6.8% annual return on £20,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,888 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

9 August 2024£835,000
24 June 2010£415,000
29 September 2006£395,000
26 September 1997£182,000

Estimated today: £871,977 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Holwell: 29 sales since 1995 · £1,017,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Essendon CofE (VC) Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Commonswood Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Ridgeway AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.47 · below average (2023/24)
The Sele SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.26 · below average (2023/24)
Onslow St Audrey's SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 -0.36 · below 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.

11.1
crimes a month
100
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023925, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Holwell

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
53.1
average score
D
most common grade
-0.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.