28 Brackendale, Potters Bar EN6 2LU

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 79 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £15,568 · £7,784 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1220.2 yrs+5.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1437.0 yrs+5.8 pts
Low energy lighting£45£67.2 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£527.7 yrs+2.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8829.5 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11145.0 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£13349.0 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches B
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £14,000£15550+ yrs+6.3 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

£1,615
per year at grade D
£804
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £656 a year — a 4.2% annual return on £15,568.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,017 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 June 2021£568,000
25 June 2019£437,500
28 August 2002£220,000

Estimated today: £633,201 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Brackendale: 100 sales since 1995 · £582,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Pope Paul Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Cranborne Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Dame Alice Owen's SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.92 · well above average (2023/24)
Gracewood AcademySecondary0.8 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Chancellor's SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.35 · 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.

5.8
crimes a month
58
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023576, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Brackendale

How this home sits against its street.

41
graded homes
56.5
average score
D
most common grade
-1.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.