4 Velos Walk, Cambridge CB5 8TU

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1976-1982 · 86 m² · Rented (Social) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

CB for £6,190 · £6,190 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£15£34.6 yrs+0.2 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£366.3 yrs+2.0 pts
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£4111.1 yrs+2.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£5617.9 yrs+3.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£6950+ yrs+3.9 pts · reaches B
Floor insulation(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£7550+ yrs+4.2 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond B)£4,000 – £6,000£5850+ yrs+3.3 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

£1,112
per year at grade C
£775
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £204 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £6,190.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £702 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 June 2005£153,500
18 December 2000£88,000

Estimated today: £349,419 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Velos Walk: 5 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Marleigh Primary AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Fen Ditton Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Galfrid SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Coleridge Community CollegeSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
North Cambridge AcademySecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
St Bede's Inter-Church SchoolSecondary1.8 miProgress 8 +1.02 · 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.

23.2
crimes a month
255
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017948, 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.