5 Francis Close, Stotfold, Hitchin SG5 4ES

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 173 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£900 – £1,500£10311.7 yrs+2.2 pts
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£5,000 – £10,000£13850+ yrs+3.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £10,000£12750+ yrs+2.8 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

£2,087
per year at grade C
£1,719
per year at grade C

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,915 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 December 2004£345,000
6 December 2002£345,000
6 April 2001£250,000
14 July 1999£212,500
4 April 1997£146,200

Estimated today: £713,649 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Francis Close: 8 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldPrimary0.4 mi
Roecroft Lower SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Fairfield Park Lower SchoolPrimary1.4 mi
Henlow Church of England AcademySecondary2.5 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
The Knights Templar SchoolSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Fearnhill SchoolSecondary2.9 miProgress 8 -0.14 · 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.

8.6
crimes a month
77
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017446, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Francis Close

How this home sits against its street.

4
graded homes
63
average score
D
most common grade
+6.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.