Upgrade Plan
Get upgrade quotes| Measure | Grant | Net cost | Saving / yr | Payback | Grade effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond C) | — | £800 – £1,600 | £60 | 20.0 yrs | +4.0 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
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £887 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £125,493 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Peppermint Road: 179 sales since 1995 · £255,704 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highbury Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 0.3 mi | — |
| Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy | Primary | 0.3 mi | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| Hitchin Boys' School | Secondary | 0.2 mi | Progress 8 +0.57 · well above average (2023/24) |
| Hitchin Girls' School | Secondary | 0.3 mi | Progress 8 +0.62 · well above average (2023/24) |
| The Priory School | Secondary | 0.9 mi | Progress 8 -0.05 · 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.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023601, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Peppermint Road
How this home sits against its street.