53 George Street, Berkhamsted HP4 2EQ

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 53 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,700 · £10,350 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£6016.6 yrs+5.1 pts
Double glazing£1,000 – £1,400£2250+ yrs+1.8 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5650+ yrs+4.7 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4750+ yrs+3.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£6550+ 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

£1,182
per year at grade D
£932
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £250 a year — a 1.2% annual return on £20,700.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,466 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 December 2021£385,000
22 May 2015£342,500
24 August 2012£237,500
10 July 2006£218,500
20 January 2003£171,000
25 February 2000£117,000
29 January 1999£87,000

Estimated today: £429,106 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

George Street: 392 sales since 1995 · £520,788 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 SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
The Thomas Coram Church of England SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Ashlyns SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.36 · above average (2023/24)
John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Laureate AcademySecondary3.1 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.

23.7
crimes a month
261
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023361, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

George Street

How this home sits against its street.

125
graded homes
62.5
average score
D
most common grade
+0.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.