40 The Crescent, Cottered, Buntingford SG9 9QY

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 87 m² · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond E)£18£44.6 yrs+0.1 pts
High-retention storage heaters(optional, beyond E)£1,000 – £2,500£1789.8 yrs+3.9 pts
Wind turbine(optional, beyond E)£1,500 – £4,000£7536.8 yrs+1.6 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond E)£4,000 – £6,000£7050+ yrs+1.5 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond E)£11,000 – £20,000£8450+ yrs+1.8 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

£2,681
per year at grade E
£2,271
per year at grade E

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2011, states £1,228 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

8 December 2016£430,000
17 December 2014£309,995

Estimated today: £540,269 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

The Crescent: 17 sales since 1995 · £423,125 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Millfield First and Nursery SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Layston Church of England First SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Freman CollegeSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 +0.58 · well above average (2023/24)
The Nobel SchoolSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Marriotts SchoolSecondary5.4 miProgress 8 -0.37 · below 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.

10.7
crimes a month
118
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 46% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023494, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

The Crescent

How this home sits against its street.

32
graded homes
47.5
average score
D
most common grade
-3.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.