2 Shenley Close, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3DG

Detached bungalow · Built 1950-1966 · 147 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DC for £5,150 · £5,150 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£2,700 – £700£3075.5 yrs+7.9 pts
Heating controls£450£815.6 yrs+2.1 pts
Floor insulation£6,000 – £0£22313.5 yrs+5.7 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£8,000 – £0£20619.4 yrs+5.3 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

£2,301
per year at grade D
£1,484
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £611 a year — a 11.9% annual return on £5,150.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £1,604 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

22 July 2005£370,000
11 August 2000£232,500
12 August 1998£138,000
8 March 1996£102,500

Estimated today: £747,283 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Shenley Close: 7 sales since 1995 · £680,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Heathwood Lower SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Dovery AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
St Leonards CE AcademyPrimary0.6 mi
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary2.2 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary4.1 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.

8
crimes a month
80
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017606, 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.