181 Wavell Close, Stewartby, Bedford MK43 9LW

End-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 62 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £6,403 · £3,201 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£610.4 yrs+4.6 pts
Low energy lighting£30£39.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7214.0 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£5946.4 yrs+4.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£4450+ yrs+3.3 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£5650+ yrs+4.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£6650+ 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

£952
per year at grade D
£591
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £239 a year — a 3.7% annual return on £6,403.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £733 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 June 2013£132,500

Estimated today: £251,726 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wavell Close: 70 sales since 1995 · £243,591 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Willow Grove Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Marston Moreteyne VC SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Wixams AcademySecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Wootton AcademySecondary2.4 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Kempston AcademySecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.09 · 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.

12.5
crimes a month
138
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017552, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wavell Close

How this home sits against its street.

21
graded homes
46.7
average score
E
most common grade
+17.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.