Bendish House, Bendish, Hitchin SG4 8JA

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 435 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

GC for £30,630 · £7,658 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£120£6420.2 yrs+6.3 pts · reaches F
Hot water cylinder insulation£400£6510.6 yrs+6.4 pts
Floor insulation£1,200 – £200£7620.9 yrs+7.4 pts · reaches E
Loft insulation£350£3631.0 yrs+3.5 pts
Heating controls£450£2781.6 yrs+2.7 pts
Band A condensing boiler£3,000 – £0£4683.2 yrs+4.6 pts
Low energy lighting£110£333.3 yrs+0.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £0£7055.7 yrs+6.9 pts · reaches D
Solid wall insulation£14,000 – £0£8248.5 yrs+8.0 pts
Double glazing£6,500 – £500£27612.7 yrs+2.7 pts
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£63219.8 yrs+6.2 pts · reaches C

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

£9,113
per year at grade G
£3,478
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £5,635 a year — a 18.4% annual return on £30,630.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £7,074 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Paul's Walden Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Preston Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Queen Elizabeth SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24)
Putteridge High SchoolSecondary3.7 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Chiltern AcademySecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.38 · 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.

7.5
crimes a month
82
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023623, 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.