3 Wheatlands Close, Maulden, Bedford MK45 2AQ

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 142 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DA for £35,500 · £11,833 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9410.7 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£11638.8 yrs+6.7 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£12539.9 yrs+7.2 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9750+ yrs+5.6 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£10450+ yrs+6.0 pts · reaches A

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

£2,058
per year at grade D
£1,522
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £536 a year — a 1.5% annual return on £35,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,217 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 March 1997£134,000

Estimated today: £747,196 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wheatlands Close: 14 sales since 1995 · £615,600 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Maulden Lower SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Russell Lower SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
St Mary's VA CofE Lower SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary1.9 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Wixams AcademySecondary4.1 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.34 · 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.

5.8
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 58% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017420, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wheatlands Close

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
67.3
average score
D
most common grade
-4.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.