55 Hamble Road, Bedford MK41 7XN

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 127 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£9710.3 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£100£423.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£7550+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£9050+ 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

£1,608
per year at grade D
£1,342
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £97 a year — a 9.7% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £942 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 August 2004£250,000

Estimated today: £535,861 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Hamble Road: 153 sales since 1995 · £317,194 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Brickhill Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Scott Primary School & NurseryPrimary0.7 mi
Hazeldene SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
St Thomas More Catholic SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.31 · above average (2023/24)
Mark Rutherford SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
Castle Newnham SchoolSecondary1.4 miAttainment 8 42.7 · no Progress 8 published

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.

3.5
crimes a month
21
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017458, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Hamble Road

How this home sits against its street.

52
graded homes
66.2
average score
D
most common grade
-0.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.