3 Watts Yard, Manuden, Bishop's Stortford CM23 1DN

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 103 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £26,520 · £13,260 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2000.5 yrs+5.2 pts
Low energy lighting£20£101.9 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2384.2 yrs+6.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18427.1 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£22029.5 yrs+5.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£25735.0 yrs+6.7 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£8650+ yrs+2.2 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

£3,284
per year at grade E
£2,088
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,196 a year — a 4.5% annual return on £26,520.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,834 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 August 2016£435,000
24 November 2014£370,000
26 January 1996£85,000

Estimated today: £555,037 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Watts Yard: 11 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Manuden Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Bentfield Primary School and NurseryPrimary1.4 mi
Farnham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Avanti Grange Secondary SchoolSecondary2.4 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Forest Hall SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24)
Birchwood High SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.08 · 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.

3.4
crimes a month
31
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 42% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01022089, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Watts Yard

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
54
average score
D
most common grade
-15.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.