The Cottage, Bufflers Holt, Buckingham MK18 5DN

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 168 m² · Owner-occupied · Room heaters, dual fuel (mineral and wood)

Upgrade Plan

DC for £15,000 · £15,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1646.1 yrs+5.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12839.2 yrs+4.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£17850+ yrs+6.3 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£15250+ yrs+5.4 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

£1,656
per year at grade D
£1,034
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £470 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £15,000.

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

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St James and St John CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
George Grenville AcademyPrimary2.2 mi
Buckingham Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Royal Latin SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Buckingham SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
Silverstone UTCSecondary4.4 miProgress 8 -1.28 · well below 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.

7.1
crimes a month
78
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 60% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017717, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.