4 The Pines, Ampthill, Bedford MK45 2LQ

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 136 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £23,075 · £11,538 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£395.7 yrs+1.8 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8212.2 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£6840.3 yrs+3.0 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£5150+ yrs+2.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6450+ yrs+2.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£7650+ yrs+3.4 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

£1,584
per year at grade D
£1,204
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £380 a year — a 1.6% annual return on £23,075.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,026 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 February 2014£520,000

Estimated today: £915,129 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Pines: 4 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Firs Lower SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Russell Lower SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Templefield Lower SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Wixams AcademySecondary4.3 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary4.3 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.

7.2
crimes a month
72
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 49% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017375, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.