Middlefield, Sugar Lane, Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RT

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 153 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £5,663 · £2,831 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1110.2 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches D
Loft insulation£100 – £350£623.7 yrs+1.9 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1297.7 yrs+3.9 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£478.5 yrs+1.4 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£9812.0 yrs+3.0 pts
Low energy lighting£90£615.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£10725.7 yrs+3.2 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£7932.7 yrs+2.4 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£10049.8 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£12050+ yrs+3.6 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

£2,221
per year at grade E
£1,362
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £560 a year — a 9.9% annual return on £5,663.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,922 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 October 2015£760,000

Estimated today: £1,026,101 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Sugar Lane: 13 sales since 1995 · £995,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Thomas Coram Church of England SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Pixies Hill Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Oakleaf PrimaryPrimary1.2 mi
John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Ashlyns SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below 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.

4.1
crimes a month
33
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023367, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Sugar Lane

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
49.3
average score
E
most common grade
+3.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.