43 Park Road, Melchbourne, Bedford MK44 1BB

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 82 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, radiators, electric

Upgrade Plan

CB for £6,055 · £6,055 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£864.7 yrs+1.9 pts
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£3916.9 yrs+0.9 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£23621.2 yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£18327.3 yrs+4.0 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

£1,990
per year at grade C
£1,446
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £361 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £6,055.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,728 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 December 2005£168,500

Estimated today: £346,126 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Park Road: 36 sales since 1995 · £375,429 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Eileen Wade Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Riseley CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Rushden Primary AcademyPrimary3.8 mi
The Ferrers SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 -0.28 · below average (2023/24)
Sharnbrook AcademySecondary4.6 miProgress 8 +0.17 · average (2023/24)
Manor SchoolSecondary4.8 miProgress 8 -0.32 · 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.

9.1
crimes a month
100
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017545, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Park Road

How this home sits against its street.

24
graded homes
51.5
average score
D
most common grade
+23.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.