23 Watersmead, Buckden Marina, Buckden, St. Neots PE19 5QS

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1991-1995 · 100 m² · Owner-occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

EC for £2,150 · £1,075 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1930.5 yrs+4.7 pts
High-retention storage heaters£900 – £1,200£4512.3 yrs+11.0 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2294.4 yrs+5.6 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£65£106.5 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£17828.1 yrs+4.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£21250+ yrs+5.2 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

£2,722
per year at grade E
£1,449
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £873 a year — a 40.6% annual return on £2,150.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,411 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 January 2018£186,500
3 July 2014£172,500
3 April 2001£133,400
26 November 1999£58,000

Estimated today: £235,092 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Mill Road: 161 sales since 1995 · £343,085 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Offord Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Buckden CofE Primary SchoolPrimary1.1 mi
Brampton Village Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Hinchingbrooke SchoolSecondary2.6 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
St Peter's SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24)
Longsands AcademySecondary4.5 miProgress 8 +0.13 · 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.

7.9
crimes a month
87
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018120, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Mill Road

How this home sits against its street.

73
graded homes
58
average score
D
most common grade
-9.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.