14 Blair Close, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7QJ

End-Terrace flat · Built 1983-1990 · 48 m² · Owner-Occupied · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,725 · £1,725 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1161.9 yrs+3.5 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,800£4783.1 yrs+14.5 pts · reaches C
Party wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£300 – £600£1323.4 yrs+4.0 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

£1,521
per year at grade D
£795
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £594 a year — a 34.4% annual return on £1,725.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

29 June 2007£134,950
31 January 2006£111,000
13 November 2003£105,000
21 December 2001£74,950
10 August 2000£59,000

Estimated today: £206,714 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Blair Close: 91 sales since 1995 · £207,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Brockswood Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Holtsmere End Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Astley Cooper SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.60 · well below average (2023/24)
The Adeyfield AcademySecondary1.9 miProgress 8 -0.97 · well below average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary2.4 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.

Blair Close

How this home sits against its street.

30
graded homes
58.8
average score
D
most common grade
-1.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.