2 The Close, Rectory Lane, Stevenage SG1 4BU

Detached house · Built 1950-1966 · 229 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£6,000 – £0£7042.8 yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£6550+ yrs+3.4 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

£2,165
per year at grade C
£2,030
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,492 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 February 2016£660,000

Estimated today: £886,286 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Close: 6 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Almond Hill Junior SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Letchmore Infants' and Nursery SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Fairlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolSecondary0.3 miProgress 8 +0.72 · well above average (2023/24)
The Thomas Alleyne AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Barclay AcademySecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.17 · 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.

62.7
crimes a month
690
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023800, 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.