3 Ashmead Drive, Hardwick, Cambridge CB23 7XT

Semi-Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 74 m² · Rented (private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £7,275 · £3,638 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£395.8 yrs+2.5 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8112.3 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£50£414.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6116.4 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6350+ yrs+4.1 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£7550+ yrs+4.9 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

£1,090
per year at grade D
£767
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £248 a year — a 3.4% annual return on £7,275.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £732 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

23 April 2024£345,000
8 June 2010£200,000
12 August 2004£174,000
20 August 2001£120,000
17 January 1997£65,000

Estimated today: £359,607 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ashmead Drive: 58 sales since 1995 · £478,969 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Caldecote Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Meridian Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Comberton Village CollegeSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.42 · above average (2023/24)
Cambourne Village CollegeSecondary4.0 miProgress 8 +0.30 · above average (2023/24)
Chesterton Community CollegeSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 +1.05 · 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.

9.2
crimes a month
92
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018252, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ashmead Drive

How this home sits against its street.

28
graded homes
66.3
average score
D
most common grade
-0.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.