4 Howard Mews, London N5 1SD

Mid-Terrace house · Built 1950-1966 · 83 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

DB for £3,185 · £1,593 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£10£61.8 yrs+0.3 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1268.0 yrs+6.6 pts · reaches C
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9410.6 yrs+4.9 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£9512.3 yrs+5.0 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond B)£9,000 – £14,000£11650+ yrs+6.1 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

£1,152
per year at grade D
£715
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £321 a year — a 10.1% annual return on £3,185.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £704 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

21 April 2023£885,000
12 April 2019£500,000
27 September 2013£685,000

Estimated today: £890,997 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Howard Mews: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
St Joan of Arc RC Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Gillespie Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Highbury Fields SchoolSecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.43 · above average (2023/24)
City of London Academy Highbury GroveSecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.09 · average (2023/24)
Stoke Newington School and Sixth FormSecondary0.7 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above 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.

11.4
crimes a month
114
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 23% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01002752, 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.