26 Upton Road, Watford WD18 0JF

Semi-Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 307 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,125 · £5,563 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1102.0 yrs+2.7 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2324.3 yrs+5.6 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£844.7 yrs+2.0 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£21521.0 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18027.8 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£25135.9 yrs+6.1 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

£2,280
per year at grade E
£1,208
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £821 a year — a 7.4% annual return on £11,125.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £2,828 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Chater Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Watford St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Chater Infant SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Watford Grammar School for GirlsSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Watford Grammar School for BoysSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.72 · well above average (2023/24)
Westfield AcademySecondary0.9 miProgress 8 -0.03 · 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.

64.5
crimes a month
710
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035578, 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.