79 Birkbeck Road, Ilford IG2 7NG

Semi-Detached bungalow · Built 1930-1949 · 83 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £26,800 · £13,400 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£3728.4 yrs+2.5 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£7850+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£8450+ yrs+5.6 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£7250+ yrs+4.8 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

£1,280
per year at grade D
£1,010
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £270 a year — a 1.0% annual return on £26,800.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £1,183 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

24 July 2007£275,000
16 December 1998£87,000

Estimated today: £567,221 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Birkbeck Road: 75 sales since 1995 · £377,204 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Newbury Park Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
William Torbitt Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Fullwood Primary SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Oaks Park High SchoolSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.63 · well above average (2023/24)
Valentines High SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.91 · well above average (2023/24)
The Palmer Catholic AcademySecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.49 · 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.

9.7
crimes a month
107
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01003642, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Birkbeck Road

How this home sits against its street.

39
graded homes
63.2
average score
D
most common grade
+1.8
this home vs street
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