8a Rayson Way, Cambridge CB5 8NP

Semi-Detached flat · Built 1950-1966 · 73 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

DC for £23 · £23 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£840.3 yrs+2.3 pts · reaches C
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond C)£15£43.5 yrs+0.1 pts
Change of heating system(optional, beyond C)£3,000 – £7,000£28017.9 yrs+7.6 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

£1,253
per year at grade D
£885
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £84 a year — a 365.2% annual return on £23.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £691 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 March 2025£290,000
22 January 2016£237,000

Estimated today: £274,138 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Rayson Way: 16 sales since 1995 · £268,140 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Galfrid SchoolPrimary0.1 mi
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Marleigh Primary AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Coleridge Community CollegeSecondary1.3 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
St Bede's Inter-Church SchoolSecondary1.4 miProgress 8 +1.02 · well above average (2023/24)
Parkside Community CollegeSecondary1.5 miProgress 8 +0.80 · 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.

14.5
crimes a month
159
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 43% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017947, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Rayson Way

How this home sits against its street.

20
graded homes
71
average score
C
most common grade
-4.0
this home vs street
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