Upgrade Plan
This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.
Running costs
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,073 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £808,979 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Blue Ball Cottage: 3 sales since 1995
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chartridge Combined School | Primary | 0.8 mi | — |
| Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School | Primary | 1.3 mi | — |
| Ivingswood Academy | Primary | 1.4 mi | — |
| Chiltern Hills Academy | Secondary | 1.7 mi | Progress 8 -0.45 · below average (2023/24) |
| Chesham Grammar School | Secondary | 2.5 mi | Progress 8 +0.84 · well above average (2023/24) |
| The Misbourne School | Secondary | 3.5 mi | Progress 8 +0.30 · above 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017766, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Blue Ball Cottage
How this home sits against its street.