196 Forest Edge, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5AE

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 114 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £18,500 · £18,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£12037.4 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10149.5 yrs+4.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£14150+ yrs+6.2 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

£1,418
per year at grade C
£1,056
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £362 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £18,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £917 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 March 2020£820,000
26 March 2014£497,500
24 August 2000£319,995

Estimated today: £936,326 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Forest Edge: 160 sales since 1995 · £846,468 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Wells Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Ray Lodge Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Trinity Catholic High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
West Hatch High SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
Woodford County High SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well 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.

13.3
crimes a month
146
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021748, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Forest Edge

How this home sits against its street.

74
graded homes
57.9
average score
D
most common grade
+11.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.