540 Downham Way, Bromley BR1 5HP

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1930-1949 · 78 m² · Owner-occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £20,928 · £6,976 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1240.2 yrs+4.1 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1220.8 yrs+4.0 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£693.3 yrs+2.3 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£25£63.9 yrs+0.2 pts
High-retention storage heaters£1,200 – £1,600£2854.9 yrs+9.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1456.9 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1089.2 yrs+3.5 pts
Shower heat recovery£585 – £725£2427.5 yrs+0.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11244.5 yrs+3.7 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£13450+ yrs+4.4 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

£2,264
per year at grade E
£1,135
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,129 a year — a 5.4% annual return on £20,928.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,087 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 June 2013£195,000

Estimated today: £386,713 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Downham Way: 548 sales since 1995 · £331,392 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Launcelot Primary School and NurseryPrimary0.2 mi
Haberdashers' Knights PrimaryPrimary0.2 mi
Good Shepherd RC SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Haberdashers' Knights AcademySecondary0.1 miProgress 8 +0.18 · average (2023/24)
Bonus Pastor Catholic CollegeSecondary0.7 miAttainment 8 50.7 · no Progress 8 published
Conisborough CollegeSecondary1.1 miAttainment 8 37.6 · no Progress 8 published

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.

6.8
crimes a month
61
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01003237, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downham Way

How this home sits against its street.

438
graded homes
64.5
average score
D
most common grade
-18.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.