55a South Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3NT

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 59 m² · Unknown · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,500 · £8,750 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£7014.3 yrs+5.0 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£9350+ yrs+6.7 pts · reaches C
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£7250+ yrs+5.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£8650+ yrs+6.2 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

£1,093
per year at grade D
£771
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £322 a year — a 1.8% annual return on £17,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £690 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

10 April 2019£290,000

Estimated today: £346,380 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

South Street: 245 sales since 1995 · £336,193 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
The Rushmere Park AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary0.9 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary3.3 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.

South Street

How this home sits against its street.

74
graded homes
58.3
average score
D
most common grade
+4.7
this home vs street
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