688 High Road, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5HN

Not Recorded flat · Built 1900-1929 · 70 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £200 · £200 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£150 – £250£1012.0 yrs+2.8 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£12050+ yrs+3.3 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£7,500 – £11,000£13050+ yrs+3.6 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£4,500 – £6,000£4350+ yrs+1.2 pts

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

£1,065
per year at grade D
£671
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £101 a year — a 50.5% annual return on £200.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £985 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

16 June 2015£265,000
1 July 2013£250,000
13 October 2010£224,000
30 September 2005£205,000
9 July 2004£173,495

Estimated today: £358,128 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

High Road: 485 sales since 1995 · £471,174 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wells Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst HillPrimary0.5 mi
St Antony's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Trinity Catholic High SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
Heathcote School & Science CollegeSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below 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.

7.2
crimes a month
72
in the last 12 months
Vehicle crime
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01003744, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

High Road

How this home sits against its street.

250
graded homes
66
average score
C
most common grade
+2.0
this home vs street
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