30a Rectory Road, Steppingley, Bedford MK45 5AT

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 165 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

ED for £8,080 · £8,080 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£606.7 yrs+1.9 pts
Low energy lighting£80£711.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10125.8 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£16430.5 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£12739.3 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£5,000 – £8,000£15242.8 yrs+4.7 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

£2,657
per year at grade E
£2,046
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £332 a year — a 4.1% annual return on £8,080.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,627 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 January 2018£890,000
12 September 2002£270,000

Estimated today: £1,058,100 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rectory Road: 45 sales since 1995 · £596,708 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Templefield Lower SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Flitwick Lower SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Kingsmoor Lower SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Fulbrook SchoolSecondary4.8 miAttainment 8 42.9 · no Progress 8 published

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.

8.4
crimes a month
84
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017406, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rectory Road

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
49.6
average score
E
most common grade
-4.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.