16 Crafton, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0QL

Semi-Detached house · Built before 1900 · 119 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

GC for £28,913 · £7,228 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1540.1 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches F
Flue gas heat recovery£400 – £900£1763.7 yrs+6.8 pts
Low energy lighting£40£85.1 yrs+0.3 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2498.4 yrs+9.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£11123.4 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£16726.9 yrs+6.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£18127.7 yrs+7.0 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£14035.7 yrs+5.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£19546.1 yrs+7.6 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£6550+ yrs+2.5 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

£2,353
per year at grade G
£906
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,382 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £28,913.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

19 May 2021£550,000
12 April 2007£355,000
2 July 1999£200,000

Estimated today: £652,125 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Helsthorpe Farm Cottages: 3 sales since 1995 · £339,100 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wingrave Church of England Combined SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Overstone Combined SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.11 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
The Kingsbrook SchoolSecondary3.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

6.2
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017734, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Helsthorpe Farm Cottages

How this home sits against its street.

18
graded homes
51.4
average score
D
most common grade
-35.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.