Rushmere Cottage, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0DZ

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 134 m² · Owner-Occupied · Ground source heat pump, underfloor, electric

Upgrade Plan

CA for £35,500 · £17,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£12550+ yrs+9.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£14650+ yrs+11.1 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£11250+ yrs+8.5 pts · reaches A

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

£1,822
per year at grade C
£1,439
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £383 a year — a 1.1% annual return on £35,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £991 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

27 May 2011£350,000

Estimated today: £672,472 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Leonards CE AcademyPrimary0.8 mi
Dovery AcademyPrimary0.9 mi
Heathwood Lower SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
Lift Sir Herbert LeonSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 -1.02 · 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.

15.3
crimes a month
153
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 25% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017577, 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.