Puddle End, The Close, Hinxworth, Baldock SG7 5HS

Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 169 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £24,050 · £8,017 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1680.6 yrs+3.8 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1496.7 yrs+3.4 pts · reaches E
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2757.6 yrs+6.3 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£1517.8 yrs+3.5 pts
Low energy lighting£75£98.6 yrs+0.2 pts
High-performance doors£4,500 – £500£15915.7 yrs+3.6 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12321.2 yrs+2.8 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£18524.4 yrs+4.2 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£19925.1 yrs+4.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£15532.3 yrs+3.5 pts · reaches C

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

£3,556
per year at grade F
£1,983
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,573 a year — a 6.5% annual return on £24,050.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

The Close: 5 sales since 1995 · £615,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ashwell Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Dunton CofE Junior SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldPrimary2.5 mi
Stratton SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Henlow Church of England AcademySecondary3.8 miProgress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24)
Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolSecondary3.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables

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.

12
crimes a month
108
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023585, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Close

How this home sits against its street.

3
graded homes
47
average score
D
most common grade
-14.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.