48 The Hyde, Ware SG12 0ER

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 71 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £8,500 · £4,250 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£1,500 – £500£5119.7 yrs+4.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£4236.0 yrs+3.6 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£6347.7 yrs+5.4 pts
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£5350+ yrs+4.6 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

£1,181
per year at grade D
£973
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £208 a year — a 2.4% annual return on £8,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £756 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 August 2015£285,000
25 January 2008£238,500
17 September 1999£91,995

Estimated today: £395,730 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Hyde: 442 sales since 1995 · £298,720 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Catherine's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Kingshill Infant SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
The Chauncy SchoolSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.53 · well above average (2023/24)
Presdales SchoolSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.61 · well above average (2023/24)
Richard Hale SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.31 · 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.

12.1
crimes a month
109
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023515, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Hyde

How this home sits against its street.

113
graded homes
68.5
average score
C
most common grade
-4.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.