Hillcrest, Tempsford Road, Sandy SG19 2AQ

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 155 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

E → C for £13,003 · £6,501 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation—£15 – £400£1641.3 yrs+4.6 pts
Floor insulation—£800 – £1,200£1925.2 yrs+5.4 pts
Low energy lighting—£45£85.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Heating controls—£350 – £450£705.7 yrs+2.0 pts · reaches D
Cavity wall insulation—£500 – £1,500£1447.0 yrs+4.0 pts
Wind turbine—£1,500 – £4,000£15917.3 yrs+4.4 pts
Band A condensing boiler—£2,200 – £3,000£11822.0 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar water heating—£4,000 – £6,000£14933.5 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)—£9,000 – £14,000£17850+ yrs+5.0 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

£2,664
per year at grade E
£1,481
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,005 a year — a 7.7% annual return on £13,003.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £2,312 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 May 2018£585,000
30 June 2015£350,000
21 May 2004£275,000

Estimated today: £693,884 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Tempsford Road: 61 sales since 1995 · £303,569 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Maple Tree Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi—
John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi—
Robert Peel Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi—
Sandy Secondary SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolSecondary4.2 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Ernulf AcademySecondary4.7 miProgress 8 -0.44 · below 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.

15.2
crimes a month
167
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017435, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Tempsford Road

How this home sits against its street.

26
graded homes
59.7
average score
E
most common grade
-15.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.