Battlegate Nurseries, Battlegate Road, Boxworth, Cambridge CB23 4NQ

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 166 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £21,988 · £10,994 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1190.2 yrs+3.4 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£663.4 yrs+1.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1397.2 yrs+4.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£517.9 yrs+1.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1049.6 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£90£614.8 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£11523.8 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10846.3 yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£12950+ yrs+3.7 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

£2,210
per year at grade D
£1,372
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £838 a year — a 3.8% annual return on £21,988.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,931 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Elsworth CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Bar Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Swavesey Village CollegeSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24)
Cambourne Village CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Comberton Village CollegeSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 +0.42 · 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.

24.2
crimes a month
266
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 21% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018223, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.