31 Ferndown, Northwood HA6 1PH

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 87 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FB for £24,523 · £6,131 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£3160.1 yrs+6.6 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£3702.7 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches E
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£1,0564.7 yrs+22.1 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£34313.1 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£28717.4 yrs+6.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£40022.5 yrs+8.4 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

£3,576
per year at grade F
£804
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £2,772 a year — a 11.3% annual return on £24,523.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £2,392 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

3 February 2023£590,000

Estimated today: £603,666 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ferndown: 72 sales since 1995 · £483,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Harlyn Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Hillside Infant SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Hillside Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Northwood SchoolSecondary0.1 miProgress 8 +0.76 · well above average (2023/24)
UTC HeathrowSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -1.61 · well below average (2023/24)
Haydon SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.19 · 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.

19.5
crimes a month
215
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 28% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002483, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ferndown

How this home sits against its street.

38
graded homes
60.1
average score
D
most common grade
-31.1
this home vs street
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