40 School Lane, Thriplow, Royston SG8 7RH

Detached bungalow · Built 1976-1982 · 130 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DC for £7,100 · £7,100 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£5348.9 yrs+2.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£8050+ yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£8750+ yrs+4.5 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £6,000£6750+ yrs+3.5 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

£1,521
per year at grade D
£1,234
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £133 a year — a 1.9% annual return on £7,100.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £1,696 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 September 2006£363,000

Estimated today: £655,846 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

School Lane: 6 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thriplow CofE Primary SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Fowlmere Primary SchoolPrimary1.5 mi
Foxton Primary SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Sawston Village CollegeSecondary3.2 miProgress 8 +0.87 · well above average (2023/24)
Melbourn Village CollegeSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -0.48 · below average (2023/24)
Trumpington Community CollegeSecondary5.3 miProgress 8 +0.61 · 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.

6.3
crimes a month
50
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 32% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018302, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.