31 Ashwell Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1BG

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 61 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

FC for £22,723 · £7,574 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £30£1090.2 yrs+4.5 pts
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1070.9 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches E
Heating controls£350 – £450£468.6 yrs+1.9 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9510.5 yrs+3.9 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£17512.0 yrs+7.2 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£7833.3 yrs+3.2 pts · reaches D
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£12739.4 yrs+5.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£9950+ yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£11850+ yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£13750+ yrs+5.7 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£4650+ yrs+1.9 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

£2,087
per year at grade F
£950
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £954 a year — a 4.2% annual return on £22,723.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2017, states £1,408 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

3 October 2025£287,500
11 December 2020£243,000
11 August 2017£233,000
9 January 2004£124,000
24 August 1998£50,000

Estimated today: £289,473 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Ashwell Street: 167 sales since 1995 · £297,588 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
The Rushmere Park AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.11 · 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.

24.4
crimes a month
268
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 26% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017557, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Ashwell Street

How this home sits against its street.

57
graded homes
61.4
average score
D
most common grade
-29.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.