2 High Street, Wilden, Bedford MK44 2PB

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 177 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £19,500 · £9,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1218.3 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£11240.2 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9450+ yrs+3.3 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£13150+ yrs+4.6 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

£2,250
per year at grade E
£1,792
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £458 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £19,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,460 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 October 2021£570,000
24 April 2015£360,000
3 October 2008£265,000
17 October 2003£195,000
2 May 2003£182,500

Estimated today: £659,217 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

High Street: 54 sales since 1995 · £485,941 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wilden CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Ravensden CofE Primary AcademyPrimary1.1 mi
Renhold VC Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Mark Rutherford SchoolSecondary2.3 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
St Thomas More Catholic SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.31 · above average (2023/24)
Goldington AcademySecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.85 · well 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.

9.5
crimes a month
104
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017542, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

High Street

How this home sits against its street.

39
graded homes
55.2
average score
E
most common grade
-1.2
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.