Laurel Cottage, Main Street, Buckingham MK18 5HR

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 215 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil, Boiler and underfloor heating, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £19,835 · £19,835 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£1142.1 yrs+2.1 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,500£19314.8 yrs+3.5 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£31423.9 yrs+5.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£33927.2 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £10,000£29131.0 yrs+5.3 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£930 – £1,085£1450+ yrs+0.2 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

£3,498
per year at grade E
£2,233
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £961 a year — a 4.8% annual return on £19,835.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £3,881 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 May 2003£385,000
22 August 1997£86,500

Estimated today: £885,244 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Main Street: 48 sales since 1995 · £298,731 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Maids Moreton Church of England SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
St James and St John CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Buckingham Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Buckingham SchoolSecondary2.8 miProgress 8 -0.30 · below average (2023/24)
Royal Latin SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)
Silverstone UTCSecondary3.6 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.

3.6
crimes a month
32
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033951, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Main Street

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
43.5
average score
E
most common grade
-1.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.