3 Oldways Road, Ravensden, Bedford MK44 2RD

End-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 78 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £24,500 · £12,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£4223.7 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5250+ yrs+4.5 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£5750+ yrs+4.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4450+ yrs+3.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£6150+ yrs+5.3 pts · reaches B

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

£1,074
per year at grade D
£818
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £256 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £24,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £663 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 October 2022£310,000
26 June 2009£165,000
12 December 1997£66,500

Estimated today: £322,133 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Oldways Road: 22 sales since 1995 · £605,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ravensden CofE Primary AcademyPrimary0.7 mi
Renhold VC Primary SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Brickhill Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Mark Rutherford SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)
St Thomas More Catholic SchoolSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.31 · above average (2023/24)
Castle Newnham SchoolSecondary2.1 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.

8.1
crimes a month
89
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01034412, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Oldways Road

How this home sits against its street.

8
graded homes
50.1
average score
D
most common grade
+10.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.