53 Shirley Avenue, Croydon CR0 8SN

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 125 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £15,025 · £5,008 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£2161.4 yrs+5.5 pts
Loft insulation£100 – £350£1201.9 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2524.0 yrs+6.4 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£924.4 yrs+2.3 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1895.3 yrs+4.8 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£15516.8 yrs+3.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£23419.3 yrs+5.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£19625.5 yrs+5.0 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

£2,627
per year at grade E
£1,174
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,453 a year — a 9.7% annual return on £15,025.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £1,560 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

18 November 2022£635,000

Estimated today: £608,434 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shirley Avenue: 117 sales since 1995 · £615,660 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St John's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Harris Primary Academy BensonPrimary0.7 mi
Oasis Academy Shirley Park PrimaryPrimary0.7 mi
Oasis Academy Shirley ParkSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
Shirley High School Performing Arts CollegeSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 -0.51 · well below average (2023/24)
Coloma Convent Girls' SchoolSecondary0.6 miProgress 8 +0.52 · 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.

19.9
crimes a month
219
in the last 12 months
Shoplifting
most common · 50% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01001062, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Shirley Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

57
graded homes
55.7
average score
D
most common grade
-9.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.