17 Wren Close, Kimpton, Hitchin SG4 8QE

End-Terrace maisonette · Built 1976-1982 · 66 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation(optional, beyond C)£15 – £30£1240.2 yrs+3.4 pts
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£20£63.1 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler(optional, beyond C)£2,200 – £3,000£8929.1 yrs+2.4 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

£994
per year at grade C
£774
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £585 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 November 2022£252,000
17 February 2014£170,000
23 March 2012£161,000
18 January 2008£173,232
14 December 2005£130,000
18 October 2002£99,950
18 October 1999£18,920

Estimated today: £253,494 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Wren Close: 22 sales since 1995 · £227,333 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kimpton Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
St Paul's Walden Primary SchoolPrimary1.9 mi
Sauncey Wood Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Katherine Warington SchoolSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Sir John Lawes SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 +0.79 · well above average (2023/24)
St George's SchoolSecondary3.0 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well 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.

6.8
crimes a month
68
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 34% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023626, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Wren Close

How this home sits against its street.

23
graded homes
75.2
average score
C
most common grade
-5.2
this home vs street
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