12 Hardwick, Bicester OX27 8SS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 97 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £10,550 · £10,550 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£50£510.6 yrs+0.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8012.5 yrs+4.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£9945.3 yrs+5.6 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£10746.6 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8350+ 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

£1,354
per year at grade D
£979
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £292 a year — a 2.8% annual return on £10,550.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £878 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 January 2010£300,000
31 January 2005£240,000
11 August 1998£65,000

Estimated today: £535,529 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.