2 William Street, Berkhamsted HP4 2EL

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 74 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £31,915 · £10,638 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£911.1 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£15£53.2 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1089.3 yrs+5.6 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£3910.2 yrs+2.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£8450+ yrs+4.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£11650+ yrs+6.0 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£10050+ yrs+5.1 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£3950+ yrs+2.0 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

£1,542
per year at grade E
£961
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £581 a year — a 1.8% annual return on £31,915.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £910 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 July 2013£275,000
11 February 2005£205,000

Estimated today: £507,993 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

William Street: 24 sales since 1995 · £560,143 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Swing Gate Infant School and NurseryPrimary0.1 mi
Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Thomas Coram Church of England SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Ashlyns SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary3.0 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.

6.1
crimes a month
61
in the last 12 months
Burglary
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023362, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

William Street

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
62.5
average score
C
most common grade
-11.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.