9 Higher Downs, Bradford BD8 0NA

Semi-Detached house · Built 1967-1975 · 116 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EC for £17,953 · £8,976 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1080.2 yrs+4.3 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£30£65.4 yrs+0.2 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1277.9 yrs+5.0 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£468.7 yrs+1.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9850+ yrs+3.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£11750+ yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C

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

£2,089
per year at grade E
£1,587
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £502 a year — a 2.8% annual return on £17,953.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,369 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 September 2007£150,000
7 February 2003£91,500

Estimated today: £223,514 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Higher Downs: 18 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Dixons Allerton AcademyAll-through0.2 miProgress 8 -0.22 · below average (2023/24)
Crossley Hall Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Lady Royd Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Bradford Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.11 · average (2023/24)
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, BradfordSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.15 · average (2023/24)
Beckfoot ThorntonSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.49 · 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.

17.5
crimes a month
193
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 44% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01010629, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Higher Downs

How this home sits against its street.

16
graded homes
52.4
average score
D
most common grade
-0.4
this home vs street
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