8a Hills Avenue, Cambridge CB1 7XA

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 193 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and underfloor heating, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

FC for £21,390 · £7,130 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Flat roof insulation£900 – £1,200£5342.0 yrs+7.1 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£5262.3 yrs+7.0 pts
Double glazing£1,500 – £3,000£2558.8 yrs+3.4 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£70410.7 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£360 – £420£3112.7 yrs+0.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£65113.8 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches C

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

£4,924
per year at grade F
£2,224
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,700 a year — a 12.6% annual return on £21,390.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Hills Avenue: 127 sales since 1995 · £1,056,716 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Morley Memorial Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Queen Edith Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Ridgefield Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Cambridge Academy for Science and TechnologySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.45 · above average (2023/24)
Coleridge Community CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
The Netherhall SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.10 · 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.

5
crimes a month
40
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035520, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hills Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

81
graded homes
61.6
average score
D
most common grade
-24.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.