The Willows, Lower Road, Croydon, Royston SG8 0EF

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 110 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DA for £22,010 · £7,337 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£450£3413.4 yrs+3.4 pts
Low energy lighting£60£414.8 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£9232.5 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,500 – £500£8635.1 yrs+8.7 pts · reaches B
Solar water heating£6,000 – £0£7241.8 yrs+7.3 pts
Wind turbine£25,000 – £0£7750+ yrs+7.8 pts · reaches A

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

£1,358
per year at grade D
£994
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £364 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £22,010.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £910 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 August 2025£535,000
30 August 1996£95,000

Estimated today: £529,286 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Lower Road: 11 sales since 1995 · £592,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Wrestlingworth CofE Infant SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
Guilden Morden CofE Primary AcademyPrimary3.0 mi
Bassingbourn Primary SchoolPrimary3.2 mi
Bassingbourn Village CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Melbourn Village CollegeSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Comberton Village CollegeSecondary6.6 miProgress 8 +0.42 · 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.

6.5
crimes a month
71
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018247, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Lower Road

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
52.7
average score
E
most common grade
+8.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.