1 Squires Close, Bishop's Stortford CM23 4DB

End-Terrace house · Built 1983-1990 · 41 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £16,510 · £8,255 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£26.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£3750+ yrs+6.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£2950+ yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£3450+ yrs+6.4 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

£768
per year at grade D
£666
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £102 a year — a 0.6% annual return on £16,510.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £485 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

13 July 2022£275,000
22 October 2018£235,000
7 September 2015£211,000
21 March 2014£165,000
22 August 2008£155,000
26 November 2003£127,500
21 July 2000£77,500
28 February 1997£47,950
29 September 1995£44,000

Estimated today: £293,756 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Squires Close: 49 sales since 1995 · £374,688 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Hillmead Primary SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Avanti Brook Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Northgate Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
St Mary's Catholic SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.43 · above average (2023/24)
Avanti Grange Secondary SchoolSecondary1.1 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
TLC Live Online SchoolSecondary1.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

17.7
crimes a month
195
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023454, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Squires Close

How this home sits against its street.

12
graded homes
71.1
average score
C
most common grade
-3.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.