10 Hardwick, Bicester OX27 8SS

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 173 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £25,500 · £8,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£2104.8 yrs+5.4 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£28112.1 yrs+7.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£17315.1 yrs+4.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£26017.3 yrs+6.7 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£21822.9 yrs+5.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£30429.6 yrs+7.8 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

£2,978
per year at grade F
£1,533
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,445 a year — a 5.7% annual return on £25,500.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

1 December 2017£690,000
1 August 1996£169,500

Estimated today: £828,975 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Fringford Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Gagle Brook Primary SchoolPrimary3.0 mi
Fritwell Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
The Cooper SchoolSecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below average (2023/24)
The Bicester SchoolSecondary4.3 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Whitelands AcademySecondary5.1 miAttainment 8 46.4 · 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.

3.8
crimes a month
23
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 35% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01028484, 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.