Penwood, Thorns Close, Whiteleaf, Princes Risborough HP27 0LU

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 239 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £17,550 · £17,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£900 – £1,200£1805.8 yrs+3.3 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£13050+ yrs+2.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£12050+ yrs+2.2 pts · reaches C

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

£3,162
per year at grade D
£2,732
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £430 a year — a 2.5% annual return on £17,550.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 October 1998£393,000
14 December 1995£202,500

Estimated today: £1,537,891 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Thorns Close: 7 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Monks Risborough CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Princes Risborough Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Great Kimble Church of England SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Princes Risborough SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.08 · average (2023/24)
John Colet SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
The Mandeville SchoolSecondary4.6 miProgress 8 -0.78 · 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.

5.4
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017932, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Thorns Close

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
65
average score
D
most common grade
-3.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.