9 Paddock Close, Watford WD19 4PH

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1991-1995 · 73 m² · Rented (social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,748 · £8,874 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£650.3 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Loft insulation£100 – £350£366.2 yrs+2.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£7613.2 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£5950+ yrs+3.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£7050+ yrs+4.6 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

£1,119
per year at grade D
£813
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £306 a year — a 1.7% annual return on £17,748.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2014, states £746 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
Bushey Manor Junior SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Bushey and Oxhey Infant SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.3 mi
The Grange AcademySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Watford Grammar School for GirlsSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.74 · well above average (2023/24)
Queens' SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.20 · 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.

10.9
crimes a month
120
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023884, 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.