26 Priory Close, Royston SG8 7DU

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 190 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £16,395 · £8,198 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1261.8 yrs+2.6 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2653.8 yrs+5.5 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1985.0 yrs+4.1 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£70£126.0 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£16316.0 yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£24546.9 yrs+5.1 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

£2,515
per year at grade D
£1,506
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,009 a year — a 6.2% annual return on £16,395.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £1,687 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 August 2014£618,500
21 December 2010£539,999
15 August 2008£427,500
16 April 2004£480,000

Estimated today: £1,014,074 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Priory Close: 32 sales since 1995 · £831,269 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Studlands Rise First SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Mary Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Icknield Walk First SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Bassingbourn Village CollegeSecondary2.7 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)
Melbourn Village CollegeSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Freman CollegeSecondary6.6 miProgress 8 +0.58 · well 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.

4.6
crimes a month
41
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 37% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023659, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Priory Close

How this home sits against its street.

17
graded homes
61.1
average score
D
most common grade
-1.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.