9 The Paddocks, Leighton Buzzard LU7 2SX

Semi-Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 80 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £10,225 · £10,225 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£346.6 yrs+2.5 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£7250+ yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£5,000 – £8,000£6750+ yrs+5.0 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

£1,019
per year at grade C
£790
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £162 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £10,225.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £716 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 January 2014£250,000
29 May 2013£100,000

Estimated today: £458,627 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Paddocks: 71 sales since 1995 · £409,296 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Linslade Lower SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 +0.11 · 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.

4.7
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017590, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Paddocks

How this home sits against its street.

39
graded homes
65.5
average score
D
most common grade
+4.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.