5b Downham Road, Ely CB6 1AG

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 102 m² · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond E)£13£119.7 yrs+0.0 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond E)£4,000 – £6,000£1250+ yrs+0.2 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond E)£5,500 – £14,500£1650+ yrs+0.3 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond E)£2,500 – £6,500£550+ yrs+0.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond E)£11,000 – £20,000£1450+ yrs+0.3 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

£1,949
per year at grade E
£1,901
per year at grade E

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2012, states £1,186 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

28 August 2015£323,000
15 August 2012£280,000
24 May 2004£249,950
16 August 1996£103,000

Estimated today: £461,001 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Downham Road: 129 sales since 1995 · £470,892 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Lantern Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Ely St John's Community Primary SchoolPrimary0.6 mi
Isle of Ely Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Ely CollegeSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.65 · well above average (2023/24)
Witchford Village CollegeSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 +0.05 · average (2023/24)
Vista Academy LittleportSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well 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.

19.2
crimes a month
211
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01018033, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Downham Road

How this home sits against its street.

79
graded homes
63.7
average score
D
most common grade
-11.7
this home vs street
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