14 Peakes End, Steppingley, Bedford MK45 5AX

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1900-1929 · 72 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric underfloor heating, Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £14,500 · £14,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-performance doors£1,000 – £0£1772.8 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17229.1 yrs+4.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£23937.6 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches C

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

£2,248
per year at grade D
£1,660
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £588 a year — a 4.1% annual return on £14,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,273 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

20 August 1999£110,000
29 April 1998£250,000
11 October 1996£84,000

Estimated today: £495,482 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Peakes End: 34 sales since 1995 · £449,833 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Templefield Lower SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Flitwick Lower SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Kingsmoor Lower SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.08 · average (2023/24)
Harlington Upper SchoolSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Fulbrook SchoolSecondary4.9 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.

Peakes End

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
58.8
average score
D
most common grade
-3.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.