2 The Brache, Maulden, Bedford MK45 2DR

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 111 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £16,760 · £5,587 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£120£1390.9 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches D
Hot water cylinder insulation£400£1412.8 yrs+4.2 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£1654.3 yrs+4.9 pts
Low energy lighting£40£75.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£10114.8 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£12823.5 yrs+3.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£15226.3 yrs+4.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£17839.3 yrs+5.3 pts · reaches B
Double glazing(optional, beyond B)£6,500 – £500£6050+ yrs+1.8 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

£2,098
per year at grade E
£1,028
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,010 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £16,760.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,323 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 August 2023£520,500
12 July 2019£425,000
10 August 2007£315,000
23 March 2005£285,000
26 June 1996£74,000

Estimated today: £562,032 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Brache: 89 sales since 1995 · £362,032 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Maulden Lower SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Russell Lower SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
The Firs Lower SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Wixams AcademySecondary3.8 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary4.6 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.

The Brache

How this home sits against its street.

32
graded homes
64.8
average score
D
most common grade
-11.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.