1 The Willows, Crancott Close, Bedford MK45 3EW

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1996-2002 · 54 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DB for £9,265 · £4,633 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£35.9 yrs+0.2 pts
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£4610.8 yrs+3.8 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£5817.2 yrs+4.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£4850+ yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£4550+ yrs+3.7 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£5450+ yrs+4.4 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

£1,188
per year at grade D
£934
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £200 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £9,265.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £584 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 July 2013£178,000
3 June 2009£172,500
22 October 2003£161,000
31 January 1997£62,500

Estimated today: £335,400 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Willows: 10 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Willow Grove Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Wixams Tree Primary AcademyPrimary1.6 mi
Wixams AcademySecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Kempston AcademySecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.09 · 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.

8
crimes a month
88
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033818, 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.