24 Buckwell Close, Desborough, Kettering NN14 2PD

Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 86 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £13,740 · £6,870 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£62.4 yrs+0.3 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£693.3 yrs+3.0 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1456.9 yrs+6.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1089.2 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11344.4 yrs+4.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£13448.4 yrs+5.8 pts · reaches B

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

£1,505
per year at grade D
£929
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £576 a year — a 4.2% annual return on £13,740.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,046 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 June 2015£220,000
25 September 2003£160,000

Estimated today: £361,689 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Buckwell Close: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Havelock Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Havelock Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Loatlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Montsaye AcademySecondary1.3 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Kingswood Secondary AcademySecondary4.6 miProgress 8 +0.10 · average (2023/24)
Welland Park AcademySecondary4.8 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above 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.

6.1
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027094, 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.