285a Gateshead Road, Borehamwood WD6 5LZ

Detached house · Built 1983-1990 · 202 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £20,250 · £10,125 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1490.7 yrs+3.6 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1775.6 yrs+4.2 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting£150£819.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£10923.9 yrs+2.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£16450+ yrs+3.9 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£6450+ yrs+1.5 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

£2,284
per year at grade D
£1,613
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £671 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £20,250.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,396 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

12 November 2020£939,500
20 May 2014£595,000
29 May 2002£310,000

Estimated today: £1,028,132 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Gateshead Road: 241 sales since 1995 · £456,294 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Woodlands Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Cowley Hill SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Parkside Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Hertswood AcademySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
Elstree Screen Arts AcademySecondary0.6 miProgress 8 -0.79 · well below average (2023/24)
Yavneh CollegeSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.97 · 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.

11.3
crimes a month
124
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01023534, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Gateshead Road

How this home sits against its street.

177
graded homes
68
average score
D
most common grade
-3.0
this home vs street
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