Tranquilla, Barton Road, Bedford MK45 4QP

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 279 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £19,600 · £19,600 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,500£22712.6 yrs+3.6 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£36920.3 yrs+5.8 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£39923.2 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £10,000£34226.3 yrs+5.4 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

£4,200
per year at grade E
£2,863
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £995 a year — a 5.1% annual return on £19,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £4,634 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 November 2006£700,000

Estimated today: £1,325,092 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Barton Road: 9 sales since 1995 · £672,500 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
Greenfield CofE VC Lower SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Gravenhurst AcademyPrimary2.1 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Samuel Whitbread AcademySecondary5.3 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.

6.8
crimes a month
61
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01033824, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Barton Road

How this home sits against its street.

6
graded homes
50.7
average score
D
most common grade
-10.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.