The Old Smithy, Millfield Lane, Caddington LU1 4AR

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1991-1995 · 84 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £12,100 · £6,050 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£5745.4 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8650+ yrs+5.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9350+ yrs+5.7 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£7250+ yrs+4.4 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

£1,267
per year at grade D
£958
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £237 a year — a 2.0% annual return on £12,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £746 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 November 2022£499,950
31 May 2013£320,000
13 August 2010£89,700

Estimated today: £524,620 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Millfield Lane: 17 sales since 1995 · £997,488 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Caddington Village SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Markyate Village School and NurseryPrimary1.2 mi
Kensworth Church of England AcademyPrimary1.4 mi
Manshead Church of England AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.53 · well below average (2023/24)
The Stockwood Park AcademySecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
Challney High School for BoysSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.56 · 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.

7.3
crimes a month
73
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017561, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Millfield Lane

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
59.8
average score
D
most common grade
+7.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.