5 Centauri Close, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3XF

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1967-1975 · 76 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £17,900 · £8,950 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£4223.8 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Heating controls£350 – £450£1526.1 yrs+1.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£3350+ yrs+3.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£3950+ yrs+4.5 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

£938
per year at grade D
£809
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £129 a year — a 0.7% annual return on £17,900.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £612 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

14 February 2014£197,250

Estimated today: £348,068 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Centauri Close: 101 sales since 1995 · £301,306 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Beaudesert Lower SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Leedon Lower SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
The Rushmere Park AcademyPrimary0.5 mi
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary3.9 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.

7.1
crimes a month
64
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 33% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017604, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Centauri Close

How this home sits against its street.

41
graded homes
66.1
average score
D
most common grade
+1.9
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.