8 Vicarage Road, Silsoe, Bedford MK45 4ED

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 118 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,025 · £1,025 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£25£46.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£8212.1 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£6450+ yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£7650+ 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

£1,376
per year at grade D
£1,150
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £86 a year — a 8.4% annual return on £1,025.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,006 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 January 2013£370,000
9 March 1995£117,500

Estimated today: £697,831 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Vicarage Road: 40 sales since 1995 · £673,750 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Mary's VA CofE Lower SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Greenfield CofE VC Lower SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary3.9 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Samuel Whitbread AcademySecondary5.1 miProgress 8 -0.13 · 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.

5.6
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033825, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Vicarage Road

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
61.4
average score
D
most common grade
+3.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.