71 Burns Drive, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7NW

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1967-1975 · 51 m² · Rented (private) · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

ED for £23 · £23 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£3470.1 yrs+9.9 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£40£182.3 yrs+0.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£500 – £1,500£3033.3 yrs+8.6 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

£1,696
per year at grade E
£1,028
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £347 a year — a 1508.7% annual return on £23.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £919 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

6 December 2019£180,000
14 June 2007£124,999
19 March 2004£110,000
16 December 2002£67,500

Estimated today: £197,162 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Burns Drive: 243 sales since 1995 · £216,064 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Holtsmere End Junior SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
Brockswood Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
The Astley Cooper SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.60 · well below average (2023/24)
The Adeyfield AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 -0.97 · well below average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary2.3 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.

11.1
crimes a month
111
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023435, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Burns Drive

How this home sits against its street.

81
graded homes
63.2
average score
D
most common grade
-14.2
this home vs street
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