39 Lower Farm Road, Bromham, Bedford MK43 8JD

Detached bungalow · Built 1983-1990 · 219 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FC for £22,890 · £7,630 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£350£1402.5 yrs+4.8 pts
Low energy lighting£40£133.1 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£29510.2 yrs+10.1 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£22913.1 yrs+7.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£27314.7 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches D
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£24450+ yrs+8.4 pts · reaches C

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

£3,053
per year at grade F
£1,859
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,194 a year — a 5.2% annual return on £22,890.

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.

Lower Farm Road: 20 sales since 1995 · £552,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ursula Taylor Church of England SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Oakley Primary AcademyPrimary1.0 mi
Bromham CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Lincroft AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.40 · above average (2023/24)
Biddenham International School and Sports CollegeSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.12 · average (2023/24)
St Thomas More Catholic SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.31 · above 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.

13.4
crimes a month
134
in the last 12 months
Vehicle crime
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017460, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lower Farm Road

How this home sits against its street.

15
graded homes
53.8
average score
D
most common grade
-24.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.