157b Simms Road, London SE1 5QJ

Mid-Terrace flat · Built before 1900 · 51 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting(optional, beyond D)£40£76.0 yrs+0.3 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£14,000 – £0£16442.6 yrs+6.5 pts
Double glazing(optional, beyond D)£6,500 – £500£5550+ yrs+2.2 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

£1,010
per year at grade D
£784
per year at grade D

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2015, states £714 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

30 May 2023£430,000
14 April 2020£385,000
10 April 2015£330,100
8 April 2004£135,000
24 November 2000£92,500
12 August 1996£41,500

Estimated today: £434,958 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Simms Road: 67 sales since 1995 · £526,816 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Phoenix Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Galleywall Primary, City of London AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
John Keats Primary SchoolPrimary0.4 mi
City of London Academy (Southwark)Secondary0.1 miProgress 8 +0.48 · above average (2023/24)
Harris Academy BermondseySecondary0.2 miProgress 8 +0.55 · well above average (2023/24)
The Charter School BermondseySecondary0.4 miProgress 8 +0.08 · 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.

16.3
crimes a month
179
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 22% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01004043, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Simms Road

How this home sits against its street.

40
graded homes
66.8
average score
C
most common grade
-9.8
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.