36 Rushbrook Close, Ampthill, Bedford MK45 2XE

Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 177 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas, Electric underfloor heating

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5518.1 yrs+3.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£4350+ yrs+2.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£5150+ yrs+2.7 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

£1,862
per year at grade D
£1,713
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £55 a year — a 5.5% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,215 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 July 2018£685,000
25 February 2014£480,000
10 February 1999£169,950
26 May 1995£145,950

Estimated today: £806,900 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rushbrook Close: 82 sales since 1995 · £514,053 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Russell Lower SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Firs Lower SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Maulden Lower SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Wixams AcademySecondary4.0 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.

5.2
crimes a month
57
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017374, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rushbrook Close

How this home sits against its street.

25
graded homes
66.8
average score
D
most common grade
+1.2
this home vs street
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