Heath Cottage, Heath Lane, Codicote, Hitchin SG4 8SN

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 140 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, anthracite, Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

FB for £52,048 · £13,012 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1350.2 yrs+6.1 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£753.0 yrs+3.4 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£586.9 yrs+2.6 pts · reaches E
High-performance doors£2,000 – £0£1267.9 yrs+5.7 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£15831.6 yrs+7.1 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£12340.7 yrs+5.5 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£14644.4 yrs+6.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£17150+ yrs+7.7 pts · reaches C
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£5750+ yrs+2.6 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£13150+ yrs+5.9 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

£2,627
per year at grade F
£1,446
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,181 a year — a 2.3% annual return on £52,048.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Codicote Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Kimpton Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Monk's Walk SchoolSecondary2.5 miProgress 8 +0.24 · above average (2023/24)
Barnwell SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
Katherine Warington SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 +0.48 · 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.

9.4
crimes a month
94
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023595, 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.