3 Wharfedale, Hemel Hempstead HP2 5TH

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 84 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £13,975 · £4,658 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£73.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Heating controls£450£577.9 yrs+2.2 pts · reaches D
Flat roof insulation£1,500 – £500£1198.4 yrs+4.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£1178.5 yrs+4.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£9615.6 yrs+3.6 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£15719.1 yrs+5.9 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£12224.6 yrs+4.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£14527.5 yrs+5.5 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

£1,727
per year at grade E
£906
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £821 a year — a 5.9% annual return on £13,975.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £1,110 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 January 2019£290,000

Estimated today: £358,114 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wharfedale: 126 sales since 1995 · £289,127 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Yewtree Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Hammond AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Aycliffe Drive Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Astley Cooper SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.60 · well below average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
The Adeyfield AcademySecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.97 · well 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.

12.1
crimes a month
133
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 53% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023402, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wharfedale

How this home sits against its street.

66
graded homes
63.8
average score
D
most common grade
-9.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.