8 Dents Close, Letchworth Garden City SG6 2TP

Detached bungalow · Built 1967-1975 · 84 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,725 · £8,863 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£385.9 yrs+2.2 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£6016.8 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£8050+ yrs+4.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6250+ yrs+3.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£7450+ yrs+4.2 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

£1,277
per year at grade D
£964
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £313 a year — a 1.8% annual return on £17,725.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £804 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 July 2023£535,000
16 October 2020£460,000
10 December 2009£224,000
3 May 2006£279,000
20 September 2002£190,000

Estimated today: £562,908 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Dents Close: 53 sales since 1995 · £464,056 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Garden City AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Lordship Farm Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Pixmore Junior SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
The Highfield SchoolSecondary1.4 miAttainment 8 41.7 · no Progress 8 published
The Knights Templar SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Fearnhill SchoolSecondary1.8 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.

5.8
crimes a month
46
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023639, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Dents Close

How this home sits against its street.

23
graded homes
65.4
average score
D
most common grade
-0.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.