2 Union Street, Northampton NN1 2EW

Detached flat · Built 1967-1975 · 97 m² · Rented (Private) · No system present: electric heaters assumed

Upgrade Plan

GC for £7,175 · £1,794 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£9591.0 yrs+11.5 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£9741.2 yrs+11.7 pts · reaches F
Change of heating system£3,000 – £7,000£3,6621.4 yrs+43.9 pts · reaches C

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

£6,731
per year at grade G
£1,136
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £5,595 a year — a 78.0% annual return on £7,175.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £4,502 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Castle AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Spring Lane Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Northampton International AcademyAll-through0.4 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Malcolm Arnold AcademySecondary1.1 miProgress 8 +0.04 · average (2023/24)
Northampton School for BoysSecondary1.2 miProgress 8 +0.95 · well above average (2023/24)
Abbeyfield SchoolSecondary1.7 miProgress 8 +0.03 · 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.

178.5
crimes a month
1,963
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032979, 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.