16 Downside, Hemel Hempstead HP2 5PY

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 88 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £12,005 · £6,003 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£450£548.4 yrs+2.3 pts
Low energy lighting£55£68.5 yrs+0.3 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£9116.5 yrs+4.0 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£14820.3 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£11526.2 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£13729.3 yrs+6.0 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

£1,468
per year at grade D
£918
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £550 a year — a 4.6% annual return on £12,005.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2016, states £1,024 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 May 2021£344,000
20 November 2020£260,000
26 August 1997£62,950

Estimated today: £404,706 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Downside: 71 sales since 1995 · £244,714 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
George Street Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Broadfield AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Yewtree Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Adeyfield AcademySecondary0.7 miProgress 8 -0.97 · well below average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
The Hemel Hempstead SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.14 · 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.

15.2
crimes a month
167
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023401, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downside

How this home sits against its street.

59
graded homes
69.8
average score
C
most common grade
-8.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.