Flat 2, Downs House, 34 Violet Lane, Croydon CR0 4HF

Mid-Terrace flat · Built 1967-1975 · 52 m² · Rented (Private) · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £1,000 · £1,000 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£8411.9 yrs+3.0 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

£890
per year at grade D
£806
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £84 a year — a 8.4% annual return on £1,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £528 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

29 August 2003£115,000
30 March 2001£76,000
14 August 1996£59,000

Estimated today: £199,737 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Violet Lane: 212 sales since 1995 · £378,609 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Krishna Avanti Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Howard Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
The Minster Junior SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Harris Academy PurleySecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Wilson's SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +1.27 · well above average (2023/24)
Harris Invictus Academy CroydonSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.10 · 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.

10.5
crimes a month
115
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 36% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01001169, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Violet Lane

How this home sits against its street.

151
graded homes
64
average score
D
most common grade
+3.0
this home vs street
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